Who’s up for a trip on the Hyperloop?

If $20 and a half hour trip got you from LA to San Francisco would you jump on the Hyperloop?

On Monday, LA billionaire, Elon Musk, revealed the design for Hyperloop, his grand USD $6 billion high-speed, solar-powered transit system.

Travellers enter aluminium pods mounted by skis either to their feet or to their cars. The pods, mounted above the ground on columns 50 to 100 yards apart, travel through steel tubes, reaching speeds of up to 800mph and travelling on a cushion of air.

The space-age capsules are designed to hold 28 people and Musk says the line would travel at speeds of up to 760 miles per hour and have the feel of an airliner or, ‘like getting a ride on Space Mountain at Disneyland.’

Stay tuned – Musk, whose credentials include revolutionising the online payment business and transforming spaceflight missions for NASA, says he may build a prototype to prove the concept, but in the meantime, his revolutionary plan has been published and he welcomes any input on improvements!

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