Elon Musk presented a model of the vehicle Hyperloop
Imagine what one would get from San Francisco to Los Angeles in about 30 minutes, that is about two times faster than now takes on an airplane flight between the two cities, which share about 650 kilometers. However, in the sky for this rise is not necessary. Instead, the head of SpaceX, Tesla Motors and the creator of the payment system PayPal Elon Musk offers a new idea. invention, which is called «Hyperloop» («Giperpetlya"), is a huge pipe. Inside this tube a special capsule will move through the air at a rate of more than 1 100 km / h The air will be drawn into a powerful propeller located in the front, and pushed back. This system can be compared with the pneumatic tube on which the office buildings of the old buildings are transferred capsule with documents.
Musk - is the man who owns the idea of creating an online payment system PayPal, Tesla electric cars and private space program, SpaceX, under which successfully delivered cargo to the International the space station, so the offer extraordinary technological models - it's corporate business style mask. Musk said that the idea of creating Hyperloop appeared to him when he realized how inefficient high-speed railway to be built in California. According to Mask, Hyperloop will cost less than one-tenth of the estimated cost of the railway, which is approximately 70 billion dollars. In addition, it will be up to six times faster.
According mask, he does not plan to independently develop the project as too busy with other ongoing projects and plans instead to make public its development, so that anyone could offer their modification. Who SpaceX posted online technical design of the transport system - http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/hyperloop_alpha-20130812.pdf . According to the document, the new transport should be a great solution for traveling a distance of 500-1000 km. Less - it will not pay off, and more - there are technical difficulties with the "hypersonic air." technology developer says that the first "hyper-train" could start moving in about 7-10 years, and the cost of the ticket in the end he hopes to reduce $ 20 per person.
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