200mph Hyperloop BUSTED

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Its often depressing to read 'science' news coverage of things like the hyperloop. If you did you would get an almost universal impression that a pod going 200mph in the hyperloop was a great advance, and had made the reality of the hyperloop MUCH closer. • In reality of course, its no such thing. It was a VERY small electric car designed for a speed run, that would have gone almost exactly the same speed with or without the hyperloop tube. It had NOTHING to do with a building a pod. Not really what you would get from the wall to wall press coverage. • In the meanwhile, the two entries that MIGHT be classed as useful to the hyperloop (one running on air skies, and one on magnets) managed to go ~60mph while being pushed, and 30 mph under its own power respectively. Again neither of these gained anything from being in a 'hyperloop'. • In this sense... the hyperloop is looking more and more like solar roadways. Its promises, promises, promises... meanwhile whats delivered is a farce compared to what was promised. • -support independent, scientifically literate media like this: • / thunderf00t

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