Will MIT students make the idea of Elon Musk a reality? If you do not remember the Hyperloop, let's remind you that it is a very ambitious design of Elon Musk, as well as all its well-known designs.
It is about a fast "train" that will move in a "pipe" and will reach 800 miles per hour.
Although quite busy launching rockets at the moment, Musk appeared at Texas A&M University for a Q&A session that lasted 30 minutes in an audience of 100 teams aspiring to design the super train.
Η team of MIT, along with 21 others, will have the opportunity to test their designs on a mile-long test track built by the SpaceX of Musk, next to its facilities, in California.
Musk first announced his plans to build a five-mile test track in Texas. It seems that the company of SpaceX, will build two short- and long-range runways in different locations.
The idea for the pipe train 2013 was first reported, with the demanding budget of 10 billions of dollars. It will move with solar energy, and will almost reach 800 MPH (miles per hour).
That means it will be about 300 MPH faster than a regular passenger car airplane.
Musk had stated that he would not deal with the Hyperloop project but that he was willing to support anyone who wanted to take it.
However, the idea of involving teams from different Universities in the country is very smart and we believe it will bring results. In design at least.