this post was submitted on 22 Dec 2023
695 points (98.9% liked)

Technology

63090 readers
6443 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s
enu
technopagan
L4s
695
Hyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent Transit (www.bloomberg.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
167 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Hyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent Transit::The company is selling assets, laying off remaining employees.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Maggoty 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maintaining that much vacuum was never realistic.

[–] Garbanzo 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok, sure, but what about hyperloop IN SPACE!

I'll be happy to discuss my brilliant new invention with anyone who still has money left over from this project.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Sounds easy enough, create space elevators with stations at the top and then make the tubes meet in space. What could it cost like $10?