TechHive: British academics brand Elon Musk's rapid transit system "Hyperloopy"

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British academics brand Elon Musk's rapid transit system "Hyperloopy" Aug 15th 2013, 14:01, by , Techworld.com Academics have responded to Elon Musk's hotly-anticipated transport concept, Hyperloop, by calling it unrealistic and "hyperloopy". The Paypal, Tesla and SpaceX founder said the near-supersonic service would use magnets and fans to fire passenger-carrying capsules floating on a cushion of air through pressurised tubes. Rod Smith, a professor of engineering at Imperial College London, told Techworld that the project is very unlikely to take off, even though nothing outlined in Musk's 57-page proposal violates the fundamental laws of physics. Indeed, the concept of capsules being fired through a pressurised tube isn't a new one with "the father of modern rocket propulsion" Robert Goddard first proposing a 1,200mph vacuum system between New York City and Boston in 1909. Several other proposals have followed but none have taken off due to the technical difficulties of maintaining such a system, according to Smith. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Media files: hyperloop1-100049820-small.png

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