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Mag lev works just fine in Japan: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCMaglev https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCMaglev A partial vacuum would be trivial to achiev
by chrisco255 3y ago
Mag lev works just fine in Japan: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCMaglev https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCMaglev
A partial vacuum would be trivial to achieve and you could by all means use mag lev + partial vacuum in a tube.
- panick21_ 3y agoOh you mean the project that has been going on for like 40 years costs 100+ billion $ and isn't operational? Yeah works great. I hear they are gone install on in Hoboken soon.
- _fizz_buzz_ 3y agoNobody doubts maglev works (there is also a maglev in China and Germany also had a test track since the 80s). There are a lot of things that technically work, but are not economical. The math just doesn't add up to build this in any way that is economically reasonable.
- chrisco255 3y agoIt's not economics, it's red tape.