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China's hyperloop maglev train has achieved the fastest speed ever for a train at 623 km/h, as it prepares to test at up to 1,000 km/h in a 60km long hyperloop test tunnel. (robbreport.com)
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[–] birdcat@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

what about the crushing? will it be imminent? like there is a small failure somewhere in the tunnel and all passengers are crushed within a second? no way im ever going on that.

[–] tobbue@feddit.de 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm more concerned about becoming a meat noodle from getting sucked through a goofball sized hole when there is a leak in the train hull.

[–] birdcat@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

cool, didnt even think about that. i asked a ~~scientist~~ GPT and

...the remains of the human would likely follow a trajectory similar to the initial ejection path. The trail could potentially extend for kilometers ..... However, the trail would not be uniform. It would likely start more concentrated and become increasingly dispersed over distance ...

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