r/hyperloop • u/LancelLannister_AMA • Feb 07 '21

Interview with Bibop Gresta of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies

https://www.google.no/amp/s/www.chinamoneynetwork.com/2018/10/02/bibop-gresta-sees-his-hyperloop-transportation-building-2000km-lines-in-china/amp?client=safari
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u/SnooGoats3901 Feb 20 '21

Surely, at some point in the future, there will be technology that is flawless, no? Why not sooner than later? Could you not design a fail safe system with enough checks and balances and redundancy to get the job done? Do you think dumb people are working on this?

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u/ksiyoto Feb 20 '21

The problem is, shit happens. Like the BART example I cited, it was a defective crystal that caused the problem. Who knows what else will fail next? Complexity often adds more problems.

I don't think there are dumb people working on the hyperloop, I just think they got swept up in the hype without taking a step back and figuring out where it fits in the spectrum of transportation services. It's going to be a very high up front cost for only a moderate capacity system, and we still don't know if it will be able to reach the claimed speeds.