4,000 mph train
June 30, 2008 by Cash
NYC to London in an hour? Sure, why not.
Crux: Neutrally buoyant vacuum tunnel submerged 150 to 300 feet beneath the Atlantic’s surface and anchored to the seafloor, through which zips a magnetically levitated train at up to 4,000 mph.
The idea is as wondrous as it is audacious: Get on a train at New York City’s Penn Station and hit Paris, London or Brussels just an hour later. “From an engineering point of view there are no serious stumbling blocks,” says Ernst Frankel, retired professor of ocean engineering at MIT
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I know someone with a Kitchen Aide Mixer… It’s real nice.
Sadly, while this is an incredible idea and would be amazing if ever created it just won’t be. We as a nation won’t build a production car that will get more than ~40 miles to the gallon. Sadly the ability to create a technology rarely comes with the motivation to create it.
i’ll take the 15 minute train to chicago please