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The Hyperloop: BUSTED!

Thunderf00t

The Hyperloop: BUSTED!

Thunderf00t, a physicist, critically assesses the Hyperloop concept, covering the vacuum, pressure, safety, and cost problems of high-speed tube travel. He argues the media accepted the claims uncritically.

HN repeatedly cites it as the best skeptical engineering analysis of why Hyperloop is impractical.

16 Hacker News mentions · 2016–2023

Topics

  • Transit, cities & urban planning
  • Mechanical & precision engineering

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