QuoteThe Hyperloop may not be such a long shot after all. Thanks to a community of enthusiasts who have gathered around the concept on the entrepreneurial collaboration platform JumpStartFund, Elon Musk's theorized high-speed tube transport system will soon have its own corporation behind it.
"We want to be the ones that actually make things happen," Dirk Ahlborn, CEO and co-founder of JumpStartFund, said in an interview Wednesday. "So of course we need to create a corporation. Whoever decides to dedicate more time to this than just logging onto the platform deserves to be part of this company."
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I don't know if I could ever get in one of those. Firstly I have a mild claustrophobia, second I have a real problem with being able to escape in case of fire...I don't mind dropping out of the sky at 300 mph but burning up in a tube gets me the heeby jeebies.
No sweat. They'll give you virtual reality goggles, and pipe in porn just for you. :P
I like the idea they are considering alternate proposals. My take on Elon Musk is that he is pretty self-involved and not big on outside influences. Maybe I'm wrong.
Quote from: "aitm"I don't know if I could ever get in one of those. Firstly I have a mild claustrophobia, second I have a real problem with being able to escape in case of fire...I don't mind dropping out of the sky at 300 mph but burning up in a tube gets me the heeby jeebies.
That was the first thing that came to my mind also. I think I'd be OK moving, but if it stopped I'm not sure---and a fire forgetaboutit! :shock: 8-[ Solitary