Reply to post: Re: So, when is he going to build Space Cannon One?

Virgin Hyperloop pulls up the biggest chair for Branson, bags $50m, new speed record

Matthew Smith

Re: So, when is he going to build Space Cannon One?

Escape velocity from the earths surface is 11.18 km/s, ignoring atmospheric drag. This hyperloop so far has managed 0.1 km/s. A full scale hyperloop is designed to achieve 0.3 km/s maxed out. So yes, sadly theres some scaling needed.

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