Elon Musk's SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition - UPDATE with planned routes

And now it's on to the global challenge.  Here's an update with 11 proposed routes including one from Boston to Providence.  I must say, the technology is cool but the scaled down test tubes sure look like an eye sore to me. Hopefully the plan is to go underground?

PR Update on Hyperloop

Tomlinson Run RR

I recall a short-lived TV Sci-Fi program set in the post-atomic war world where most technology is gone, except a few functioning nuclear reactors and a high speed underground "tube" transit system connecting fairly long distances at very high speeds. Supposedly used earth's gravity to accelerate.

That was Gene Roddenberrys "Genesis II". Transports were called "Sub Shuttles" .

 

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That's it! Thanks for posting.

The scary part is I remember when that pilot originally aired as the CBS Friday Night Movie....

 

 

Ken

I was around at the time but, unlike Ken and David,I don't remember the pilot.  The lead's name, Dylan Hunt, and the opening line both sound very familiar, 'though.  Wikipedia captures those details and a paragraph on the maglev-style transportation for those interested.

TRRR

J Daddy posted:

Ha... nice to have a dream...

I hope it does not follow the same path as his rocket program...

 

You haven't seen them lately.  They are successfully landing on barges.

Your photo doesn't even look like a Space X rocket.

 

Yep. The rocket has sucesfully landed this time too!

This hyperloop reminds me of the Space 1999 Travel tube on moon base Alpha!

J Daddy posted:

Ha... nice to have a dream...

I hope it does not follow the same path as his rocket program...

Looks like a Polaris missile launched from a sub.

Space-X had 30 successful launches out of 32.

However, I can see all the Hyperloop fans waiting tubeside with their cameras to photograph the first loop train as it goes whizzing by in a non-transparent tube...

Rusty

How to model the hyperloop:

1. Dig a trench in your backyard
2. Install PVC piping
3. Bury it
4. Place several stations above your route

Rusty Traque posted:

J Daddy posted:

Ha... nice to have a dream...

I hope it does not follow the same path as his rocket program...

Looks like a Polaris missile launched from a sub.

Space-X had 30 successful launches out of 32.

However, I can see all the Hyperloop fans waiting tubeside with their cameras to photograph the first loop train as it goes whizzing by in a non-transparent tube...

Rusty

Actually, I think it is a Trident missile (at least the video came from a Trident web site).  Not sure why J Daddy would say this was a Space-X rocket; maybe he has stock in Boeing-Lockheed

I just checked the Wikipedia link again.  Looks like my alma mater might not have survived the January competition.  Oh well. There's a second competition coming up mid-year where the winner will be judged on its rapid acceleration and deacceleration without crashing.  Yuh, that sounds like a good goal.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

Who recalls the 1950 film "Destination Moon"?  

Kent Loudon posted:

Who recalls the 1950 film "Destination Moon"?  

I do.  Got it on DVD.

Rusty

J Daddy posted:

Ha....no Space X had a rocky start.... just like Tesla Motors. I know. Work there a few years.

However, I am glad he has landed on his feet and is looking at a great new project... 

 

So did NASA's predecessor NACA:

Rusty