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Re:Hyperloop speculation – launch assist for electric aircraft by zokiboy on Friday August 02, 2013 @08:19AM (#6146504)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperloop
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Re:Hyperloop speculation – launch assist for electric aircraft by lke on Friday August 02, 2013 @08:57AM (#6146619)
So Musk himself decribed it as a "cross between a Concorde and a railgun and an air hockey table". So why do people keep talking about tubes ?

Wouldn't a Ground Effect Vehicule (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_vehicle) fit the descripton better ?

Edit : thought a self powered super-sonic GEV would be hard to pull of.

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Re:Hyperloop speculation – launch assist for electric aircraft by kineticfocus on Friday August 02, 2013 @03:31PM (#6149120)
one of the more appropriate links...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9rotrain
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