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Record-smashing Chinese maglev hyperloop train hits 387 mph and could someday outpace a plane
(www.livescience.com)
this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2024
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It mostly seems like a flex to me, if they can build this then it shows how advanced technologically China has become. This is the tech that US hyped up, but was never actually able to make it work. China putting this into practice would be a clear sign that China outpaced US technologically.
while that would be funny, I suspect resources would best be spent on something else.
I think this would make sense on certain routes, like Beijing-Shanghai, where demand is so consistently high that someone will pay a premium for getting there quicker. Probably not practical for all current HSR routes.
I think these kinds of projects are really important to have because they're motivating. They show that real technological progress is being made and create optimism for the future. On a practical level, there's always a lot of new tech that falls out of this sort of stuff that's generally useful. For example, a lot of tech that was developed during the Apollo program ended up being used lots of different ways to improve lives of the people.
Building more technology that operates in a vaccum and use it often will create a practical space where people will discover interesting perspectives that are useful for space travel.
China is planning a moon base, so potentially using hyperloop on the moon to connect different bases could make a lot of sense.