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On Fri, 08 Jan 2016 19:56:12 -0500,
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In some ways it's more exciting than a Mars shot. We've already sent
a whole bunch of probes to Mars and it's just an incremental step or
two to send people there, just as it was with the moon 50 years ago.
On the other hand the Hyper Loop is a whole new form of land based
transportation. There's been nothing truly revolutionary in that
category for over 100 years. I don't see why it couldn't share
right-of-way with existing rail lines or interstate highways. It's
extremely energy efficient, non-poluting, and offers potential speeds
greater than Mach I since it travels in a near vacuum. Assuming it
can be built, all that it needs for complete acceptance is some sort
of car sharing service at each end. We might have partially robotic
cars in the near future that would be all lined up at your destination
waiting for you to jump in and take off.

It is not the technology that is the problem. It is the scope.
I still think these tyopes of things are better suited to the north
east where things are closer together and people are already used to
mass transit.