Ingabe Lokhu Kungaba Ukuhamba Okukhulu Kokuthutha Komphakathi?
Ngo-Agasti 2013, u-Elon Musk (umsunguli we-Tesla no-SpaceX) wakhipha iphepha elichaza umbono wakhe wendlela entsha yokuhamba ibanga elide.
I-Hyperloop, njengoba eyibizile, yayizothumela ama-pods agcwele imithwalo yabantu kanye nabantu abasebenzisa amashubhu ase-close-vacuum ngenhla noma ngaphansi komhlaba, ngokusheshisa kufika ku-700mph. Lokho kuyiLos Angeles eSan Francisco noma eNew York kuya eWashington DC ngehora lesigamu.
Kwakungumqondo omuhle kakhulu ozwakalayo, kodwa kwakukhona imibuzo eminingi enzima okumele iphendulwe ngaphambi kokuba umqondo ube nelungelo lokuba ngokoqobo.
Manje, eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, sibheka enye i-Hyperloop - ukuthi ingase isebenze kanjani, yiphi intuthuko eyenziwe ekwakheni eyodwa, nokuthi yini ikusasa elizobamba kulo mqondo wezokuthutha obonakala uvela ngqo kumabhayisikobho esayensi yamanga.
Isebenza kanjani?
Njengoba i-futuristic njengoba umsindo we-Hyperloop, umqondo osemva kwawo ulula. Ngokusebenzisa amashubhu asindiwe futhi ususe cishe yonke ingcindezi yomoya evela kubo, amazinga wokungqubuzana anciphisa kakhulu. I-pods levitate emgodini womoya emoyeni omncane ngaphakathi kwamagayipi, futhi ngenxa yalokho, bayakwazi ukuhamba ngokushesha kunamabhayisikili endabuko.
Ukuze uzuze ukuvinjelwa okuphakanyisiwe, okusheshayo-upersonic, ama-tubes azodinga ukugijima njengomzila oqondile njengoba kungenzeka. Lokhu kungasho ukuthi ukuguqula phansi komhlaba kunengqondo kunokwakha izitsha ezizinikezele ngenhla, okungenani ngaphandle kwendawo egwadule noma kwenye indawo engenakubalwa. Iziphakamiso zakuqala, Nokho, zincoma ukuthi zihamba eceleni komgwaqo omkhulu okhona we-I-5, ngokuyinhloko ukugwema izimpi ezibizayo ngokusetshenziswa komhlaba.
Ephepha lokuqala likaMusk, wayecabanga ukuthi ama-pods abambe abantu abangu-28 nomthwalo wabo, eshiya yonke imizuzwana engamashumi amathathu ngezikhathi eziphakeme. Ama-pods amakhulu angabamba imoto, futhi amanani ohambo phakathi kwalawo mizi amabili amakhulu aseCalifornia ayengaba ngu-$ 20.
Kulula kakhulu ukuklama isistimu njengalezi ephepheni kunezwe langempela, yebo, kodwa uma kwenzeka, i-Hyperloop ingakwazi ukuguqula ukuhamba phakathi kwedolobha.
Ngokushesha kakhulu kunezimoto, amabhasi noma izitimela, futhi ngaphandle kwayo yonke inhlekelele yesibhuloho, kulula ukucabanga ukuthi ukwemukelwa kwensizakalo. Usuku lokuya emadolobheni amaningana amamayela angamakhulu ayisishiyagalolunye luyoba yindlela engokoqobo, engabizi.
Ubani owakhiwa i-Hyperloop?
Ngaleso sikhathi, uMusk uthe wayematasa kakhulu nezinye izinkampani ukwakha i-Hyperloop ngokwakhe, futhi wakhuthaza abanye ukuba bathathe inselele. Izinkampani eziningana zenze lokho - Hyperloop One, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies kanye ne-Arrivo phakathi kwabo.
Ngokuvamile kunomthelela wezokuxhumana okwedlula ukwenziwa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, nakuba amathrekhi wokuhlola akhiwe, futhi umqondo uqinisekisiwe, nakuba uhamba ngesivinini esingaphansi kwamabanga amancane kakhulu.
Ngenkathi iningi lokunakekelwa lihlelwe kumaphrojekthi ase-US, kubonakala sengathi kungenzeka ukuthi Hyperloop yokuqala yokuhweba ingaba phesheya kwezilwandle. Kuye kwaba nesithakazelo esikhulu emazweni ahlukahlukene njengeSlovakia, eNingizimu Korea nase-United Arab Emirates. Ukukwazi ukuhamba ukusuka eBratislava ukuya eBudapest ngemizuzu eyishumi, noma u-Abu Dhabi ukuya e-Dubai emaminithi ambalwa nje isikhathi eside, umsindo uheha kakhulu ohulumeni basekhaya.
Izinto zathatha enye inguquko ebonakalayo ngo-Agasti 2017. UMusk, ngokusobala wadla intuthuko encane futhi enquma ukuthi manje unesikhathi esithile sokusindisa, wamemezela izinhlelo zokwakha Hyperloop yakhe engaphansi komhlaba phakathi kweNew York neDkt.
Izithiyo ze-bureaucratic cishe zingenye yezinselele ezinkulu kunoma iyiphi i-Hyperloop eqhele kakhulu e-United States, noma kunjalo, futhi le phrojekthi okwamanje ayinawo imvume kahulumeni ebhaliwe.
Liyini Ikusasa?
Ngenkathi intuthuko yezobuchwepheshe ibambeke kancane, ukungena kukaMusk kumdlalo we-Hyperloop kungase kube nemali eyengeziwe futhi kunakekele kulo mbono, futhi kungase kuphuthumise iminyango kahulumeni ehamba kancane kancane nayo.
Ezingxoxweni, abashicileli bezinkampani ezingaphezu kweyodwa ze-Hyperloop baye baphonsela ama-timeframes azungeze u-2021 njengosuku lokuqala lomsebenzi wokuhweba - okungenani endaweni ethile emhlabeni. Lezi zifiso, kodwa uma ubunjiniyela nobuchwepheshe bubukeka buhle emadolobheni amade, akusiwo umbuzo onokubambisana okwangasese nohulumeni okwanele.
Iminyaka embalwa elandelayo izoba yinto ebalulekile, njengoba izinkampani zihamba ukusuka emigqeni yokuhlolwa emifushane kuze kuvivinywe isikhathi eside se-Hyperloop, futhi kusukela lapho kuya ezweni langempela.
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