Elon Musk to publish hyperloop design by August

Re:Elon Musk to publish hyperloop design by August by dasloop on Monday July 15, 2013 @11:35AM (#6046212)

Being cynical: promoting a futuristic tech to block the development of the proposed high speed rail.

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Re:Elon Musk to publish hyperloop design by August by drgath on Monday July 15, 2013 @12:47PM (#6046739)

Considering most voters (57%) disapprove of the high-speed rail project, it sounds like he'd be doing Californians a favor.

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Re:Elon Musk to publish hyperloop design by August by jlgreco on Monday July 15, 2013 @12:11PM (#6046452)

There are certainly less round-about ways of doing that than getting HN excited by dropping vague hints about a future project every few months.

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Re:Elon Musk to publish hyperloop design by August by omni on Monday July 15, 2013 @12:23PM (#6046538)

If you have any evidence that Elon Musk of all people is deserving of such cynicism, I genuinely would like to see it.

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Re:Elon Musk to publish hyperloop design by August by dasloop on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @05:44AM (#6050795)

I was cynical in a general way. A no sense without any evidence. Apologies for that.

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Re:Elon Musk to publish hyperloop design by August by schiffern on Monday July 15, 2013 @01:33PM (#6047107)

The idea for the Hyperloop grew out of the terrible (slowest and most expensive per mile) CA HSR, so yeah.

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Re:Elon Musk to publish hyperloop design by August by hankcharles on Monday July 15, 2013 @12:19PM (#6046508)

more than likely a big part of his motivation, but considering how bad an investment the current plan is, it is very prudent.

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