Musk’s Hyperloop “Insane” – Craig Hodgetts, UCLA Hyperloop Head

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…but not outside of the laws of physics, according to a story on The Daily Breeze.

“This is not like a Band-Aid on a system that already exists,” said Hodgetts, an architecture and urban design professor. “This is an entirely new, systemic approach to the idea of inter-urban transportation. So it’s not going to play by the rules.”

Craig Hodgetts is the head of SUPRASTUDIO, a partnership between the UCLA Architecture and Urban Design school and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies.

Why does Musk think this is an impossible idea worthy of pursuing?  Simple.  Efficiency:

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To read the complete white paper Musk made available, click this link to the pdf: hyperloop_alpha3

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