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Why Hyperloop Is Impractical: Vacuum, Safety, and Cost

Thunderf00t · Commentary · YouTube title: The Hyperloop: BUSTED!
Why it's here

HN repeatedly cites it as the best skeptical engineering analysis of why Hyperloop is impractical.

What it covers

Thunderf00t, a physicist, critically assesses the Hyperloop concept, covering the vacuum, pressure, safety, and cost problems of high-speed tube travel. He argues the media accepted the claims uncritically.