Re:German students win hyperloop competition, reaching 200 mph
by namlem on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @01:36AM
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The hyperlink won't be a vacuum. It's just a low air pressure chamber. The plan has never been to maintain a vacuum since that's too difficult at such large scales.
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Re:German students win hyperloop competition, reaching 200 mph
by mikeash on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @09:46AM
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Hyperloop is planned to run at roughly 0.1% of sea level air pressure. For the purposes of a discussion about human survival in the event of pressurization failure, that's effectively a vacuum.