Hyperloop Update: Elon Musk Will Start Developing It Himself

Re:Hyperloop Update: Elon Musk Will Start Developing It Himself by spatten on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @12:11AM (#6203954)

I'm not sure, but in section 4.1.2 of the PDF, it says:

    Beautiful landscape will be displayed in the cabin

I took this to mean that there would be windows.

I agree about not wanting to look outside, though. I've travelled on the shinkansen in Japan (which go ~ 1/3 of the speed that the hyperloop is planned at) and it was really hard to look out of the windows for any length of time.

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Re:Hyperloop Update: Elon Musk Will Start Developing It Himself by sargun on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @02:37AM (#6204316)

Nope, no Windows. Screens. The documentation talks to the fact the tube is made of steel, and I'm guessing it's not transparent aluminum.

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Re:Hyperloop Update: Elon Musk Will Start Developing It Himself by nsdnsd on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @07:55AM (#6205159)

"...made of steel..." "...it's not transparent aluminum..."

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Re:Hyperloop Update: Elon Musk Will Start Developing It Himself by runamok on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @12:49PM (#6206795)

http://phys.org/news167925273.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek_materials

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Re:Hyperloop Update: Elon Musk Will Start Developing It Himself by jonknee on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @01:16AM (#6204121)

Emphasis on displayed... It could be a screen.

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Re:Hyperloop Update: Elon Musk Will Start Developing It Himself by yitchelle on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @05:48AM (#6204808)

It all depends what there is to look at. If you are traveling through the forest area, among the trees, the scenery would fly past in a blurred picture if you look out your window. However, if you are traveling over a vast land with Mt.Fuji in the distance, that would be something to look at.

I traveled in the ICE in Germany, also about similar speeds at the shinkansen, and some of the views are breath taking, and some views gave me a migraine.

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Re:Hyperloop Update: Elon Musk Will Start Developing It Himself by JulianMorrison on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @08:39AM (#6205290)

Hyperloop would be travelling as fast as a subsonic military jet and at treetop-skimming height, you would definitely get a migraine.

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Re:Hyperloop Update: Elon Musk Will Start Developing It Himself by mh- on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @12:53AM (#6204058)

It could also just mean there will be picturesque scenery mounted on the interior.

(I'm not sure I'm joking)

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