Re:Hyperloop
by tocomment on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @02:36PM
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A thought I just had, could a hyperloop like technology be used to launch ships into orbit? Why or why not?
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Not by itself, but maybe in combination with another technology:
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-11/nasa-engine...
Whatever you were launching would have to move through normal air, not the minimal pressure you have in the Hyperloop tube. It is hard to pass an airlock at supersonic velocities...