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Record-smashing Chinese maglev hyperloop train hits 387 mph and could someday outpace a plane (www.livescience.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'd personally opt for something more "conventional", like the SCMaglev being developed in Japan (or better yet, that Chengdu Maglev prototype). As fast as this train would go inside a vacuum tube, the tube itself will just add much more complexities and points of failure, on top of being more expensive to build/maintain.

Also a large part of the "experience" is also being to watch the scenery pass by at 300-600km/h+ out of the window, which is lost when inside of a very long concrete/steel tube.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They already have all the high-speed rail you could want so might as well do something new ig

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

while that would be funny, I suspect resources would best be spent on something else.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

China is planning a moon base, so potentially using hyperloop on the moon to connect different bases could make a lot of sense.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So they are making a hyperloop? As in, low pressure speed train? Why?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

China already has high saturation of regular high speed rail, and I'm guessing this would supplement that potential for long distance travel. It mostly seems like 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.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago

but at what a cost of the average Car CEO earnings?

[–] [email protected] 37 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Sure, but have you considered China bad?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago

This is impressive but we absolutey need to consider at what cost. Nowhere in the headline do they even raise the question!

[–] [email protected] 33 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

China is bad. Bad fucking ass.

Seriously look at this thing. When was the last time Amerikkka produced something this cool?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (2 children)

photo of one of elon musk's shit tunnels with a tesla on a track, lit up with rgb tunnel lights set to green

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago

NGL, I give Elong mad props for building a particle collider for cars...

A carticle collider.