HYPERLOOP: The Fifth Mode of Transportation
HYPERLOOP Hyperloop is a proposed mode of passenger or cargo transportation. It was one of the brainchild ideas of Elon Musk and was proposed by him in 2012. He described it as his vision of the Fifth Mode of Transport. Currently this project is being developed by Hyperloop One technologies and few other companies. FEW FACTS AND STATS This so called Fifth Mode of Transport as a cross between the Railgun, Concorde and an Air Hockey table. This could carry passengers or cargo within 35 minutes from Los Angeles to San Francisco or from Mumbai to Chennai in 50 minutes. It was estimated that this project would cost around $6bn by Musk for the Los Angeles route. Musk states that this project is more feasible in Mars owing to the low density atmosphere over there. WHAT IS HYPER LOOP ? HOW DOES THIS WORK? Hyperloop consists of pods that trave...