차세대 교통수단 하이퍼루프, 첫 시험 주행 성공 The Hyperloop Test Proves The Future Will Still Be Boring: VIDEO
The Hyperloop Test Proves The Future Will Still Be Boring
시속 1280km
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지난 5월11일(현지시간) 네바다 사막에서 하이퍼루프의 첫 공개 테스트가 진행됐다.
하이퍼루프는 테슬라모터스와 스페이스X의 창업자인 일론 머스크가 고안한 차세대 이동수단이다. 열차 형태이긴 하지만 기존 열차와는 많이 다르다. 진공 튜브에서 차량을 이동시키는 형태다. 최고 속도는 1시간에 1280km를 달릴 수 있는 수준이다. 지난 2013년에 일론 머스크가 테슬라 웹사이트를 통해 하이퍼루프에 대한 50페이지 가량의 아이디어를 공개한 이후, 많은 업체들이 하이퍼루프 개발에 도전하고 있다.
이번 테스트는 하이퍼루프를 개발하는 하이퍼루프 원의 추진 시스템 점검차 이뤄졌다. 튜브 속이 아니라 야외에서 이뤄졌다. 금속으로 된 썰매 형태의 추진기는 가동 1.1초 만에 시속 187km로 가속했다. 100m 정도를 이동하고 멈췄다.
브로간 하이퍼루프 원 최고기술책임자(CTO)는 “최고였다(Super great)”라며 “생각한 대로 이뤄져서 만족한다”라고 말했다. 하이퍼루프 원은 전체 시스템 테스트가 올해 말께 이뤄질 예정이라고 밝혔다.
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The first successful test of Hyperloop One’s propulsion technology proved a lot this morning. On display was proof that Elon Musk’s dream of a transportation system that breaks the barriers of speed and time was a step closer to reality. Also on display was proof that the future will still be boring.
I’m not sure any of those invited out to see the small-scale demonstration of the Hyperloop’s propulsion technology really knew what to expect. Full disclosure: I wasn’t invited. What they saw ended up being a grounded electromagnetic motor launching a weighted sled down a track into a pile of sand. The initial reaction was... flat.
Of course we only have ourselves to blame here. What Hyperloop One is accomplishing is unprecedented. As Gizmodo’s Alissa Walker pointed out today, the test signifies a project one step closer to realizing a low-pressure electromagnetic propulsion transportation system.
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We should be excited! Read those words again; they sound smart and important. A low-pressure electromagnetic propulsion transportation system called the Hyperloop. And at the end of the day, specifically today, those who expected some floating beacon of a glamorous sci-fi future came back with something resembling a short, flat roller-coaster that couldn’t stop itself.
But the reality of the hyperloop concept is developing a transportation method that surpasses the discomforts and limitations of the car, train, and airplane. Nobody ever said it would be sexy. It just sounded like it would be.
Ultimately the future will still be just as boring as a ten hour car journey, or a lengthy and slow train ride, or cramming yourself onto an airplane. Except with the hyperloop you’ll be in a windowless tube travelling 700 miles per hour. You wont even get the sounds and rattles of a train on the track or a plane taking off. In the future, real windows will be a luxury.
The next step for Hyperloop One’s progress is reportedly a full prototype by the end of the year, which should be ready for testing on the low-pressure test tube the startup is constructing.
Today’s test was just the test motor launching a sled into sand (because it didn’t have brakes). By the end of the year they plan to have the full-scale passenger pod ready with, hopefully, a braking system ready for 700 mph.
The only thing not-so-boring about today’s test was the revelation that Hyperloop One’s CTO is named Brogan BamBrogan.
http://jalopnik.com/the-hyperloop-test-proves-the-future-will-still-be-bori-1776139971
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