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Super-Speed Travel
By car, a trip between Los Angeles and San Francisco—two cities in California nearly 400 miles apart—takes about six hours. Imagine being able to make that trip in just 30 minutes. On May 11, Hyperloop One took a giant step toward that idea in the desert, north of Las Vegas, Nevada. The company tested its propulsion system, accelerating a sled from zero to 105 miles per hour (m.p.h.) in slightly over a second.
Hyperloop One is one of two companies developing a super-fast mode of transportation called a hyperloop. Business tycoon Elon Musk first proposed the idea nearly three years ago: passengers would zip through low-pressure tunnels in pods propelled by magnets at speeds of 700 m.p.h. While Wednesday’s demonstration was a success, Hyperloop One is still far away from the final product. One major hurdle: making the L.A.-to-San Francisico hyperloop a reality could cost upwards of $6 billion.
Could you imagine going 700 miles per hour? That's super fast. what do you think it would be like?
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