Comments by "Lepus Felix" (@MasticinaAkicta) on "What's Happening (And Not Happening) With Hyperloop | Answers With Joe" video.

To be fair rocket technology also has been ancient and it took a lot of work to to get into space. A long time and a lot of work. And trains going potentially 600kmph? Again, took quite a while to get there. But the issue with the hyperloop stays... the pressure issue! How do you depressurize such a big tube?
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That would work, HSL connections between big cities. America could use that, IF they had the political will and drive to do so. Everything in the end costs money and the reason standard rail is so horribly in effective and slow is because freight trains are given presidence over people trains. To make the system better they would need to lay a lot more rail!
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