Hyperloops & The Future of Travel

 

Car and air travel are definitely the fastest modern forms of transportation — but what if we could get from point A to point B even faster? This is where the hyperloop comes in.

The problem with traditional car and plane travel is that air pressure and friction restrict transportation. When planes and cars move they also have to push a big wall of air with them. Then the displaced air that gets pushed behind acts as suction, otherwise known as drag. The faster a vehicle goes, the more drag it produces.

Combining low pressure vacuum tubes and magnetic levitation aka “maglev” technology would help alleviate these air and friction problems, which is the basis for hyperloop technology.

Dr. Robert Goddard, inventor of the first liquid-fueled rocket, is credited with coming up with the idea of a vacuum train in 1906. Since then, many hyperloop companies have popped up, hoping to take advantage of the technology in order to make the next super-fast mode of transportation.

If executed correctly, the hyperloops should be able to travel just below the speed of sound — around 760 miles per hour. The technology has already helped to produce things like bullet trains, but air pressure still stops them from going as fast as they could. However, if they were instead placed in a tube with low air pressure, they could travel much faster.
Although tube travel technology could be made a reality — it has yet to gain widespread political approval. But the hyperloop movement is growing steadily, so maybe one day this super-fast travel technology will be a reality.

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