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The first tests of Elon Musk's revolutionary high-speed transport system could begin soon after Hyperloop One, one of 12 companies competing to make the idea a reality, completed its test track. The company has finished work on its 500 metre long testing tunnel, which is situated in the Nevada desert, near Las Vegas, and has a diameter of 3.3 meters. It is expected to run initial trials on the near-supersonic speed train in the first half of this year.
The development follows last month's news that Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, another competing company, has started building the first passenger capsule. The pods will be able to carry 28 to 40 passengers at a time and depart every 40 seconds, the company said. They could be ready as early as next year.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 08 2017, @06:43PM (2 children)
Thanks for the conversions. Since both of these test tubes are in USA, it seemed reasonable to user our customary units...(the ones I learned long ago in school & university)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 08 2017, @07:41PM
Waiting for the warp speed conversion...
(Score: 3, Informative) by kaszz on Saturday April 08 2017, @09:01PM
Well NASA uses SI units all they way since that Mars fuckup. So there's a lot of big organizations that uses that system. But most importantly it's the unit system of science. And whenever you need to make calculations in this area, SI units make things a lot easier and more reliable.
For some calculations perhaps the Planck units is even better because measurements like current consists of individual charge carriers, ie electrons. Ie better to count electrons than "ampere". Because you will get consistent results and no "half electrons".