• relay@lemmygrad.ml
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    8 months ago

    while that would be funny, I suspect resources would best be spent on something else.

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      I think this would make sense on certain routes, like Beijing-Shanghai, where demand is so consistently high that someone will pay a premium for getting there quicker. Probably not practical for all current HSR routes.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
      hexagon
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      8 months ago

      I think these kinds of projects are really important to have because they're motivating. They show that real technological progress is being made and create optimism for the future. On a practical level, there's always a lot of new tech that falls out of this sort of stuff that's generally useful. For example, a lot of tech that was developed during the Apollo program ended up being used lots of different ways to improve lives of the people.

      • relay@lemmygrad.ml
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        8 months ago

        Building more technology that operates in a vaccum and use it often will create a practical space where people will discover interesting perspectives that are useful for space travel.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
          hexagon
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          8 months ago

          China is planning a moon base, so potentially using hyperloop on the moon to connect different bases could make a lot of sense.