Trans Atlantic train

Bighoss · 2004-03-28, 10:36 PM

Pretty cool design for fast traveling, they said they could get it to reach 4000mph because it would be a maglev with no resitance from air allowing it to go ultra fast

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science...599827,00.html

it also talks about a few other extreme engineering projects. You can tell the United Arab Emrates are definently a bunch of New monies from this as well.

JetRaiden · 2004-03-28, 10:37 PM

pretty cool, new york to london in a few minutes. cant imagine how much it would cost.

OneManArmy · 2004-03-28, 10:45 PM

i could see soo many problems in trying to build that... but cool idea.

Mag · 2004-03-28, 10:48 PM

Hate to say it, but 0FN. That edition came out about 3 weeks ago.

Strygun · 2004-03-28, 10:48 PM

99.999% of things in Popular science never make it to reality.

ORANGE · 2004-03-28, 10:48 PM

they also said on the History channel or discovery that it would take all the worlds iron producers like 4 years non stop to produce enough materials for the train not to mention the enormous cost to build

Mag · 2004-03-28, 10:50 PM

Originally Posted by Strygun

99.999% of things in Popular science never make it to reality.

Yeah, don't forget that as well. But maybe someday we'll have a SPACE ELEVATOR!!!!1!!1 shifty!11eleven!
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science...9827-4,00.html

Everay · 2004-03-28, 10:53 PM

prehaps, nasa is thinking about it. and as for no resistance to air, impossible, unless its gonna go into fuckin space. there will always be some form of resistance, that thing will have to do with gravity and gasses, but it wont have to deal with friction from the tracks.

however! before finaly reading that, i realised they could make it underwater and make it into a vaccum, apears they are, but theyll still have to deal with gravity.

OneManArmy · 2004-03-28, 10:54 PM

yea, when you think about ti that would be a huge waste of materials.

I Hate Pants · 2004-03-28, 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by Strygun

99.999% of things in Popular science never make it to reality.

i don't know why, but I find that humourous.

Everay · 2004-03-28, 10:58 PM

and another thing, im not sure if this was covered in the artical, but because it is vaccum, and the surrounding water will be of such a large PSI, how would they keep it from cracking? and if and when it does, the water will go in with such a force itll obliterate all.

Spee · 2004-03-28, 11:19 PM

Screw that. I just want a video of some guy in a suit flying towards the back at 800 MPH when the thing kicks into full gear.

JetRaiden · 2004-03-28, 11:27 PM

....I want that sonic elevator.

Cyanide · 2004-03-28, 11:33 PM

A nuclear submarine can withstand the pressures of those depths (150-300 ft) indefinately. I don't think a tunnel with reinforced steel walls (probably > 30ft thick) would have a problem with it.

The space elevator is a much better idea anyway. I could see that actually happening in my lifetime.

AztecWarrior · 2004-03-29, 12:16 AM

Originally Posted by Bighoss

Pretty cool design for fast traveling, they said they could get it to reach 4000mph because it would be a maglev with no resitance from air allowing it to go ultra fast

And let those Vanu motherfuckers MagMow us all to death? I think NOT!