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by CyberDildonics 2051 days ago
The tube could sit on rollers and/or the expansion could go into pushing arcs out slightly more. There are probably a lot of solutions.

It doesn't necessarily need to be a perfect vacuum. The less air in the tube, the less resistance there will be. I would guess there would be vacuum pumps constantly taking air out of it.