/sci/ - Science & Math

GUYS ELON MUSK IS SO COOL AND INTELLIGENT HES LIKE THE NEW EINSTEIN

>>11386370
I got called a normie and mocked for saying I don't like Elon Musk and that the cybertruck is ugly

my school's hyperloop team is big dumb. I would know, because I'm on it. Our motor had transmission fluid leak into the high voltage connectors the other day

>>11386274
So it's just a fucking pipe? That's it?
>>11386370
If Musk can deliver on the original numbers he promised in the hyperloop paper then it's a big deal. Except ansys ran some simulations and it looks like he probably can't deliver.
>>11386372
fuck him.

The key thing to remember about the hyperloop is that the planned partial vaccuum is pretty much the same as Mar's atmosphere. Ol'Musky's companies are all about setting up shop on the red planet.

>>11386379
generally high voltage crap works better when it's under oil. Transmission oil's probably some mineral oil derivative, so the dielectric strength's probably pretty decent as long as it don't have tiny bits of metal in it. I bet you ain't even using proper high voltage either. Anything under 1 KV or doesn't ionize air when it's on ain't that high.

>>11386394
and how much fucking better would a hyperloop be over just a fucking train that isn't in a pipe?

>>11386396
We don’t think it’s an arcing risk or anything, just that... when you unplug the power cables ATF shouldn’t spurt out by the quartful

>>11386398
It wouldn't, but let's spend money on meme projects instead of proven, cost-efficient technology because "innovation".

>>11386411
The main problem hyperloop solves is going fast in a pipe that isn't hard vacuum. Vacuum maglevs have been proposed before, but they're expensive and it's difficult to keep the tube in complete vacuum. Using a partial vacuum leads to air piling up in front of the train and choked flow, which creates lots of drag. When you're on mars and it's already partial vacuum why fucking bother with the pipe?

>>11386394
Wouldn't that mean that the pressure is the same inside and out side the tube though?

>>11386394
I predict Musk will fail on both fronts.

>>11386274
hyperloop would have been completed and operating at 100% long ago if it wasnt for commiefornian NIMBYs and boot licking liberal cuck incels virtue signalling and doing everything they can to hinder actual meaningful progress

>>11386274
Guys, just wonder : why isn't hyperloop used for a maglev-like projection ? It would suppress air friction ? And it would be economically viable for crowdy places.

>>11386419
That's what I think. The problem of hard-vacuum Maglev is the price, but reducing costs should be possible though.

>eat bugs
>ride in tube

Good goyim

>>11386483
On mars, if the pressure is the same, there wouldn't be a need for the tube. Exactly because of the reason you said.

>>11386398
Because it's meant to be a subway, not a train. Build it underground to block radiation and no vacuum pumps or pressurization system in the tubes, just filtered martian air at martian air pressures. The pods and the stations are of course maintained to an earth-like atmosphere and must be hermetically sealed from the pipes. So the current hyperloop tests are replicating that, just above ground for now.

When is Hyperloop 2020 being announced? My university team blocked all signups until it happens and I want to join.

>>11386889
I predict partial success.
He wont go to mars alone,old space wont let him.

>>11386370
he's literally an inventor and polymath - chief architect of Tesla and Chief Designer of SpaceX.

>>11387068
my team is going to the ASU competition in the meantime. It's in about a month.

>>11386370
If Elon is so smart, then how come he hates union and overworks his employees like slaves? Elon Musk is not a genius, ANYONE can do what he does. Hard work doesn't mean success. His rockets are CGI and FAKE. We need to nationalize SpaceX and let NASA operate it. They know how to do it better. You can't have private companies do Space. Its EVIL. We need to nationalize Tesla and sell the company to Ford/GM/Crysler. They know how to build cars. They support unions.

Also Hyperloop is fake. Who cares if it cost $50 million per mile. I'd rather spend trillion dollar per mile on expanding PUBLIC transportation. KILL ALL THE RICH.

>>11387098
>last edit: Elon Musk

Amazing how even the projects Elon doesn't do himself trigger brainlets.
lmoa

>>11387356
such archetypal idiot american rhetoric right there.
well memed anon
do you write already speeches for US Senators and Congressmen by any chance?
because this is the kind of talent they are looking for. excellent use of pre-authorized agenda-specific talking points
you could have quite a career for yourself in DC with this kind of word-craft. just what the average american-idiot,..
ahem,.. i mean, the american voter constituency needs to hear.

>>11386898
Funny, because he was supposed to open a Hyperloop between Denver and the airport Real Soon Now, several years ago.

>>11386370
no-one thinks this. All the people who did think this have turned on them and become edgy cynics.

>>11388463
*him

>>11388452
>he
You're confused. Elon has no plans for Denver. It was another startup.

>>11388709
Are you sure? There was some confusion about whether it was his company or another as there has been licensing but he spoke about the Denver project at one point.
I've been tangentially involved with some Hyperloop projects and still think it's a solution looking for a problem.

>>11388731
Elon hosts/funds Hyperloop competition from various universities. Some of those competition form to become startups.

That's the only connection.

Elon doesn't get it right everytime. Just goes to show you that he's a great man. Even if Hyperloop is a failure, it'll still be greater than anything anyone on this subreddit has accomplished.

Thunderf00t, please stop samefagging
No, i dont want to subscribe to your youtube, or patreon