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Re:German students win hyperloop competition, reaching 200 mph by nether on Monday August 28, 2017 @12:15PM (#15117647)
"supersonic" relative to the sound speed at normal density I assume. With no air, there would be no sound!

Edit: corrected pressure to density

Re:German students win hyperloop competition, reaching 200 mph by Robotbeat on Monday August 28, 2017 @12:21PM (#15117723)
https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/90197511779785113... @elonmusk: "No such thing as true vacuum"

BTW, speed of sound doesn't change (to first order) with changing pressure (edit: nor does it change (to first order) with density, assuming temperature is the same). Mostly effected by temperature.

Hyperloop uses a partial vacuum, of course. No true vacuum exists.

Re:German students win hyperloop competition, reaching 200 mph by _Codemonkeyism on Monday August 28, 2017 @12:28PM (#15117789)
"No true vacuum exist."

How high is density of atoms in space? Could there be a 1mm x 1mm space without atoms?

Re:German students win hyperloop competition, reaching 200 mph by mikeash on Monday August 28, 2017 @05:33PM (#15120261)
According to Wikipedia:

"Plasma with a number density of less than one hydrogen atom per cubic metre and a temperature of millions of kelvins in the space between galaxies accounts for most of the baryonic (ordinary) matter in outer space; local concentrations have condensed into stars and galaxies." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_space

I knew that intergalactic space could see densities of one atom per some human-relevant volume of space, but I had no idea that actually accounted for most of what there is!

Re:German students win hyperloop competition, reaching 200 mph by vlahmot on Monday August 28, 2017 @12:48PM (#15118008)
My understanding is that there would still be quantum fluctuatons causing particles to pop in and out of existence.
Re:German students win hyperloop competition, reaching 200 mph by _Codemonkeyism on Monday August 28, 2017 @01:03PM (#15118151)
Would this be protons? Can vacuum contain photons and still be a vacuum? Not sure :-)
Re:German students win hyperloop competition, reaching 200 mph by xhrpost on Monday August 28, 2017 @01:15PM (#15118251)