“At the end of the day I just want to know who’ll be responsible when the tube collapses and people get seriously hurt or worse. Can’t say I didn’t warn you guys.”

Problem 1: Thermal Expansion Problem 2: Vacuum Problem 3: Scale Problem 4: Energy Requirements / Cost Problem 5: Deceleration Problem 6: Acceleration

  • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶
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    126 months ago

    The hypershit failed years ago, why do we care now?

      • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏
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        86 months ago

        Got to wonder what kept it going so long.

        On the plus side I can imagine many engineers and physics students probably learned quite a bit, and had some useful hands-on experience too

    • @[email protected]
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      26 months ago

      This article was contemporaneously posted with the actual announcement, but I agree that I don’t know why it was posted here 6 years later.