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Indeed, I started getting giddy when he was discussing how to get the best power factor from the stator of the linear induction motor. It's obvious there's been

by mpyne 13y ago

Indeed, I started getting giddy when he was discussing how to get the best power factor from the stator of the linear induction motor. It's obvious there's been a lot of thought put into this. On the other hand even with a recommendation to use something similar to TSA doing something similar to airport security, his response plan to a terrorist attac--, er, a "human related incident" is basically to say that the system will have redundant power and vacuum pumps. I suppose this isn't his area of expertise and so it's better to say little, but this is the kind of thing people are going to worry about before they board a small tube hurtling at 700 mph while 100 feet above the ground. For instance, does a HRI impact his plan for rapidly handling luggage pods at all? Just one thing to think about...

escoz 13y ago
He does mention luggage would be 1) handled by hyperloop employees 2) removed from the pod all at once to be handled at a different time. Probably more like these pods, which are mostly "blast resistant" http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6918501.html http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6918501.html
- XorNot 13y ago
  The big benefit of being "not a plane" is that your emergency measures can be built around that concept. There's also a big benefit to only moving 30 people at once - terrorism looks for mass casualties or mass hostages. Blowing up a hyperloop is basically like bombing a bus - no one really bothers to try. The big benefit of hyperloops over planes would all depend on how quickly you could brake those pods and re-pressurize the tube to let people escape. Because that's something you definitely can't do on a plane and it governs most of our thinking about them - if anything happens, you're possibly over an hour from being able to land anywhere and no one is able to get off quickly.
  - SideburnsOfDoom 13y ago
    > Blowing up a hyperloop is basically like bombing a bus - no one really bothers to try. Oh, bus-bombing happens; mostly in the middle-east, but it did happen in London once. You can google it. I also expect that an explosion inside a depressurised pipe would shut the whole thing down in a way that an explosion above a road surface would not.

by mpyne 13y ago

escoz 13y ago

He does mention luggage would be 1) handled by hyperloop employees 2) removed from the pod all at once to be handled at a different time. Probably more like these pods, which are mostly "blast resistant" http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6918501.html http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6918501.html

XorNot 13y ago
The big benefit of being "not a plane" is that your emergency measures can be built around that concept. There's also a big benefit to only moving 30 people at once - terrorism looks for mass casualties or mass hostages. Blowing up a hyperloop is basically like bombing a bus - no one really bothers to try. The big benefit of hyperloops over planes would all depend on how quickly you could brake those pods and re-pressurize the tube to let people escape. Because that's something you definitely can't do on a plane and it governs most of our thinking about them - if anything happens, you're possibly over an hour from being able to land anywhere and no one is able to get off quickly.
- SideburnsOfDoom 13y ago
  > Blowing up a hyperloop is basically like bombing a bus - no one really bothers to try. Oh, bus-bombing happens; mostly in the middle-east, but it did happen in London once. You can google it. I also expect that an explosion inside a depressurised pipe would shut the whole thing down in a way that an explosion above a road surface would not.