Re: Nonsense
Clever but he was provably wrong even by the science of his time. The fact that he was important did not mean that he understood the physics even of his today. Godard was told that Rockets cannot work in a vacuum by I believe the New York Times. They too were probably wrong by the science of their time and of centuries before. Just because important people don't understand physics and make boneheaded pronouncements about impossibilities does not mean that every time somebody mentions physics and call something impossible or impractical they are wrong.
But in many ways that is beside the point. There is nothing about the hyperloop that is physically impossible. But it is a vacuum and that has engineering and logistical and safety considerations. It is accelerating *very quickly*. and we understand very well the physical ramifications of that. It also falls prey to amdahl's law, which in this case means speeding up a portion of a trip a lot just not necessarily improve the overall trip time all that much.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
