Who will win the technology race: VacMagLev, or hypersonic planes? (lemmy.ml)

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I want to travel around the world in three hours, who is gonna get me there first?

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[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Maglevs have the same issue as all other high-speed overland transport, it requires expensive infrastructure to be built the entire route. The faster you want to go, the flatter, smoother and more expensive the track will be to build.

Yes, and going over or under the ocean is a bit of a pipe dream right now. It should be possible in principle, but nobody has the details worked out, let alone the economics.

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