# A tube train? That's IT?!! (Elon Musk's Hyperloop)

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**Created:** [August 12, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tube-train-thats-it-elon-musks-hyperloop/666085 "2013-08-12T23:26:33Z")\
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Like many others, I was awaiting Elon Musk’s announcement of what his “Hyperloop” transport system would be. To my somewhat disappointment, it’s a [tube train](http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/08/12/technology-hyperloop-travel-elon-musk.html): vehicles running in a semi-evacuated tube. A worthy goal, to be sure, but with his background in both electric cars and space transport, I was expecting something midway between the [launch loop](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_loop) and the [space fountain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_fountain).

Thoughts?

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