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If the seal on the hyperloop is ever broken (anywhere along the loop), the tube will fill with air and the train/pod will naturally come to a stop due to air re
by Ajedi32 9y ago
If the seal on the hyperloop is ever broken (anywhere along the loop), the tube will fill with air and the train/pod will naturally come to a stop due to air resistance.
- simias 9y agoI'm sure that it will but will it do so safely when traveling at the speed of sound? If I jump from an airliner into the ocean I'll naturally come to a stop due to water resistance but I don't think I'm going to enjoy that very much. This is a genuine question by the way, I really don't know what kind of deceleration to expect in this situation. It just seems like in this situation the train would behave a bit like a piston meeting the rushing wall of air head-on. I can't imagine that it would make for a particularly gentle stopping.
- am1988 9y agoand then what do the people inside do?
- Ajedi32 9y agoClimb out and walk to the nearest escape hatch in the hyperloop tunel. Or perhaps sit just sit there for an hour or so and wait to be rescued. It's really not that different from a subway being derailed or a carnival ride breaking down.
- EGreg 9y agoWhat if it hits something, like: An obstacle in the pipe A misaligned tunnel wall due to shifting Earth Other pods ahead of it
- Ajedi32 9y ago> An obstacle in the pipe How is an obstacle going to get into a vacuum sealed pipe? Unless there are parts literally falling off of the pods, I can't really see this happening. > A misaligned tunnel wall due to shifting Earth This would most likely break the vacuum seal and be detected immediately. > Other pods ahead of it Seems easy to avoid. We don't typically hear about trains crashing into each other, so I don't see why we'd expect that to happen with pods.