From: Tom B <kaladorn@g...>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 15:17:36 -0500
Subject: Interesting article on sci-fi mass transit
http://www.et3.com/intro.htm Evacuated Tube Transport. It seems we have the technology.... I'm interested to see who acts first to build this.... T.
From: Beth Fulton <beth.fulton@m...>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 09:01:03 +1100
Subject: RE: Interesting article on sci-fi mass transit
G'day, > http://www.et3.com/intro.htm The requested URL could not be retrieved, but I get an "unable to determine IP address from host name", is it just me or was there a typo? Cheers
From: Jerry Acord <acord@i...>
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 17:08:04 -0500
Subject: Re: Interesting article on sci-fi mass transit
> Beth.Fulton@csiro.au wrote: > http://www.et3.com/intro.htm > The requested URL could not be retrieved, but I get an "unable to The URL is good, but it's on Slashdot's front page at the moment, so perhaps they're just suffering from extreme load.
From: kaime@m...
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 17:22:22 -0500
Subject: Re: Interesting article on sci-fi mass transit
I did make it to the site with no problems. Aimee [quoted original message omitted]
From: Beth Fulton <beth.fulton@m...>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 09:24:05 +1100
Subject: RE: Interesting article on sci-fi mass transit
G'day, > I did make it to the site with no problems. Guess it could be our proxy server then, I'll have to give it a go from home instead. Cheers
From: Roger Books <books@m...>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 00:14:59 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Interesting article on sci-fi mass transit
It didn't work for me earlier, DNS issues. It's workiing now. Roger Books On 3-Nov-02 at 17:24, Beth.Fulton@csiro.au (Beth.Fulton@csiro.au) wrote: > G'day,
From: ShldWulf@a...
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 03:14:36 EST
Subject: Re: Interesting article on sci-fi mass transit
In a message dated 11/3/02 1:20:53 PM Mountain Standard Time, > kaladorn@magma.ca writes: > Evacuated Tube Transport. It seems we have the technology.... I'm Having purused this site before, I'd have to say I'd be surprised ANYONE would build one considering the cost and technical difficulty. I'd consider a more "practical" mass transit system along these lines: > http://www.aeromobile.com/aeroduct1.htm Randy
From: Ryan Gill <rmgill@m...>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 10:14:26 -0500
Subject: Re: Interesting article on sci-fi mass transit
> At 3:14 AM -0500 11/5/02, ShldWulf@aol.com wrote: I'm curious to see how switches work between two lines. Still, it could be a good colony level mass transit for covering long distances with very cheap local materials.
From: KH.Ranitzsch@t... (K.H.Ranitzsch)
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 16:28:44 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Re: Interesting article on sci-fi mass transit
Ryan Gill schrieb: > At 3:14 AM -0500 11/5/02, ShldWulf@aol.com wrote: I seriously doubt that building a continent-wide network of vacuum tunnels is cheaper than building a set of airports. Plus, air traffic patterns are much more flexible than those tied to a fixed network. Greetings Karl Heinz
From: Oerjan Ohlson <oerjan.ohlson@t...>
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 18:42:07 +0100
Subject: Re: Interesting article on sci-fi mass transit
> KHR wrote: > I seriously doubt that building a continent-wide network of vacuum Plus, the authors appear to equate "terrorists" with "hijackers who want to survive the deed" and don't seem to consider people who just want to create a massacre. These vacuum tubes and the capsules travelling in them are quite sensitive to anything capable of rupturing the tubes... suddenly running into normal-atmosphere-pressure gas when you're travelling at 4000 mph is not a good idea at all, and running into minor debris is even worse. And no matter what the authors claim, I find it very difficult to believe that a continent-spanning net of tubes on the ground is easier to guard from wrong-doers than, say, a large number of airports... Plus, I seriously doubt that an extremely extensive system of electromagnetic linear accelerators, airlocks, vacuum pumps etc. is that much less vulnerable to mechanical failure (or, for that matter, that much cheaper to maintain) than our current road and railway nets :-/ Later,
From: ShldWulf@a...
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 02:27:36 EST
Subject: Re: Interesting article on sci-fi mass transit
In a message dated 11/5/2002 8:21:41 AM Mountain Standard Time, > rmgill@mindspring.com writes: > I'm curious to see how switches work between two lines. Still, it Not so cheap or easy to build, (the vacum one anyway:o) The other... Randy