August 31, 2017
Hyperloop 2.0? Chinese company proposes 4,000kph ‘flying train’
shaoran2012© CGTN / YouTube China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), the main contractor for the country’s space program, announced that it hoped to shatter Elon Musk’s Hyperloop dream with some terrifyingly fast competition. At the Commercial Aerospace Forum held in Wuhan Wednesday, CASIC claimed it had begun research and development on a new type of supersonic transport involving “near-ground flight,” similar to SpaceX’s Hyperloop project. There is one catch, however: the final phase of CASIC’s proposal would produce trains that travel at a staggering 4,000kph. The company proposes a three-stage […]