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The Hyperloop Is Hyper Old

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The concept was based on a 1799 proposal made by George Medhurst: A rectangular tunnel was to move goods in wagons, the vacuum was to be created by the condensation of steam, and the impetus was to be "the pressure of the atmosphere, which.is Virgin Hyperloop, which aims to commercialize the concept, has built a test track in Las Vegas [top].

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