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Re:Hyperloop by jim-greer on Monday August 12, 2013 @06:50PM (#6202712)
On trains the cars have to be connected to each other. The structure has to bear the load of all of them at once. Not the case with hyperloop.
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Re:Hyperloop by lmm on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @05:48AM (#6204807)
The reason we have to run long, heavy trains is it's unsafe to run two passenger capsules at 300kph a minute apart. I find it hard to believe regulations will permit that even when they're in a tube.
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Re:Hyperloop by jessriedel on Monday August 12, 2013 @07:04PM (#6202801)
It's totally implausible that that's the primary factor.
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Re:Hyperloop by LockeWatts on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @01:28AM (#6204152)
Why? You've given no explanation.
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Re:Hyperloop by jessriedel on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @12:49PM (#6206797)
Nor has jim-greer.
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