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Elon Musk Hyperloop Dreams Slam into Cold Hard Reality (thedailybeast.com)
6 points by cyunker 2644 days ago
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The tech is way older than Musk. In the 80s it was called Evacuated Tube Transport or ETT. It had feasibility problems then and it does now. It's a nice idea, but we're a long way from the tunneling technology and vehicle technology to make it a reality.
It's even older than that... 1799/1810[1] was the first attempt

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Medhurst