Yes. 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 satellit

Yes. 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...