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If it's maglev but it's running in a near vacuum rather than a hard vacuum I personally think we could still call it Hyperloop even though it wouldn't be exactl
by curtis 10y ago
If it's maglev but it's running in a near vacuum rather than a hard vacuum I personally think we could still call it Hyperloop even though it wouldn't be exactly like Elon Musk's proposal. I.e. it's the "near vacuum" part rather than the air caster part that's significant.
Now if someone successfully builds a maglev in a hard vacuum tube, then that would definitely not be a Hyperloop, it would just be a classic vactrain. On the other hand, I don't think Musk would be the least bit disappointed if somebody was able to actually build an operational vactrain.