California billionaire Elon Musk (Elon Musk) unveiled on Monday a close his future "Hyperloop" transportation system vision, proposed the establishment of a network of solar-powered bumper capsules whisk people from San Francisco to Los Angeles half an hour.
In a blog post, musk, detailing the electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors CEO said, if successful, will do anything revolutionary intercity transport system. But first, the scheme will have to overcome its security and financing issues.
Previously musk as a cross between Place de la Concorde, rail guns and air hockey table, Hyperloop, will cost an estimated $ 600 million U.S. dollars to build and construction will take seven to 10 years. Ultimately, according to plan, it will abandon along the U.S. West Coast is one of the busiest traffic corridors, each year more than 70,000 people.
Up to 28 passengers can ride in each pod system and even transport vehicles, according to the 57 design.
Musk, he has hinted in the past, hope to establish such a system is proposed Hyperloop, as an alternative to 68 billion dollar high-speed railway project, which is a major priority, California Governor Jerry Brown. It would be safer, faster, cheaper, more convenient, Musk said in a blog post.
But not everyone is convinced that the project is a good idea.
Jim Powell, 2000, the rapid development of the transport system that uses magnetic levitation maglev bullet trains and co-inventor of the director, said that the system will be very vulnerable to terrorist attacks or accidents.
"The biggest problem is the low-pressure pipe from the perspective of terrorist ideas," he told Reuters reporters Hou Fuyong and She Xiangdi specifications discussed. All the horrors of driving along the highway to do pull over, tossing a net explosives, then everyone is dead in the pipe, "he said."
Musk said that since the tube will be low, but not zero pressure, standard air pump can easily overcome air leakage. He also said that the transport pod can handle variable air density.
Musk is also likely to be overlooked several cost factors. Powell said that due to extensive monitoring system will need to keep track of the pressure tube, the project could double the cost estimates of musk, nearly $ 1.2 billion.
The question remains
Musk, his name as a founding member of PayPal and Tesla bedtime start SpaceX company along I imagine capsules peak hours every 30 seconds left traverse approximately 400 miles between Los Angeles and San Francisco along Interstate 5 erection of overhead pipes.
The capsule blasted air ride following "snowboarding", boost through the magnetic linear accelerator.
The expected half-hour's travel time of passengers Hyperloop compare the current travel time one hour and 15 minutes jet, 5 about a half hour drive, and about two hours and 40 minutes to pass the California High Speed ??Rail plans.
Other major problems still exist, especially in California, whether the Government will always be a large number of projects approved, if there is any private companies are willing to strengthen and build it. Design is still just a theory yet to be field-tested.
Musk said he was too busy running the electric car company Tesla and rocket manufacturer SpaceX company to build Hyperloop, himself. He said that the design program is open source, which means that others can build.
However, on Monday, he told reporters on a conference call, he can kick off the project.
"I came here around a little bit in my mind," he said. "Maybe I can do a start bit, and then give it to someone else."
He said he would be willing to put some of his personal wealth on the project, but stressed that the construction Hyperloop he was a low priority, and he will continue to focus primarily companies SpaceX and Tesla.
He also asked the public to help improve the design. In the past companies have resorted to public assistance for their products. 2009, Netflix's company awarded a cash prize of a team, succeeded in raising 10% of movie recommendation system accuracy.



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