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So originally they wanted to have an air cushion, inside a vacuum enclosure?
by kaffeemitsahne 9y ago
So originally they wanted to have an air cushion, inside a vacuum enclosure?
- nbanks 9y agoYes. The Hyperloop concept Musk published in 2013 [1] was based on a partial vacuum with air cushions like a plane flying at 40,000 feet rather than a satellite zooming through space. [1] http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/hyperloop_alpha-20130812.pdf http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/hyperloop_alpha-201...
- Animats 9y agoRead the original Hyperloop paper.[1] [1] http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/hyperloop_alpha-20130812.pdf http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/hyperloop_alpha-201...