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mascachopo t1_jae9qr5 wrote

Reply to comment by InGenAche in The European Hyperloop overtakes Elon Musk’s: 500 km of tunnels under Swiss soil by CelebrationDirect209

Came here to say this. Definitely not Musk’s idea.

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Artanthos t1_jaf1byp wrote

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/hyperloop-latest-innovation-pretty-much-series-of-tubes-180955735/#:~:text=The%20hyperloop%20was%20originally%20proposed,startups%E2%80%94seized%20on%20the%20idea.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperloop

> The Hyperloop, in the initial form proposed by Musk, differs from vactrains by relying on residual air pressure inside the tube to provide lift by aerofoils and propulsion by fans.

Earlier tube systems used pneumatics and had speeds closer to 60mph.

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