Re The original idea behind the "Hyperloop" was NOT SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk...

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Dave Wilson <dave () wilson net>
> Date: August 17, 2017 at 9:14:43 PM EDT
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> Cc: ip <ip () listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] The original idea behind the "Hyperloop" was NOT SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk...
>
> Has anybody researched how close to the surface these tunnels would run? If these are not curved, following the 
> surface of the Earth, but instead are straight lines from one point to another, it sounds like the middle might be 
> quite some distance under ground. Wouldn't the middle of a tunnel between NY and LA be upwards of half a mile deep if 
> that was a straight line through the Earth? How the hell do you get somebody out of there when something breaks?



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