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comment by AlderaanDuran
AlderaanDuran  ·  4144 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Elon Musk's Mysterious 'Hyperloop' to Be Unveiled Next Month | Space.com

Yes, I've read about it. I believe he is parterning with another smaller company to make it. It's a kind of maglev type "tube transport" system supposedly. Claiming a 2 hour trip from New York to California. He has stated it's like "A levetated maglev train and a air hockey table combined". Rumor seems to point to a type of vacuum tube type enclosure that the "train" cars would run in.

Supposedly cheaper to build per mile than a freeway, and speeds faster than commercial aircraft. It sounds pretty out there, but it's Musk so who knows. I actually posted something about it a few days ago, but it was mostly rumors and speculation at the time.

http://hubski.com/pub?id=91652