Hyperloop Essays - Elon Musk, Business, California, Transport

Hyperloop Submitted by: Justine Mendoza, David Anton Alvarez, Hannah Tampis and Kjerstin Mijares Submitted to: Sir Migs Del Mundo Purpose and Function AHyperloopis a proposed mode ofpassengerand/orfreight transportation. A Hyperloop comprises a sealed tube or system of tubes through which a pod may travel free of air resistance or friction carrying people or objects at optimal speed and acceleration. With so little friction in the tunnel, the pods would be able to travel at immense speeds with projected top speeds of 760mph. A growing global economy requires faster, cheaper, safer and more efficient transportation modes. We haven't had a major new form of transport in 100 years, and we're due for one, especially one that is ultra-fast, on-demand, direct, emission-free, energy efficient, quiet and has a smaller footprint than other high-speed transport modes. Hyperloop is additive to existing forms of transportation and will integrate seamlessly with the transport ecosystem. It'senvironmentally friendly, with a smaller civil engineering footprint, more efficient energy consumption and no direct emissions or noise and the goal is to make it affordable for everyone. Inventor's profile Elon Reeve Musk(born June 28, 1971) is a South African -born Canadian American business magnate , investor , engineer ,and inventor . Musk is the founder, CEO , and CTO ofHYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX" \o "SpaceX" SpaceX ; a co-founder, a Series A investor, CEO, and product architect of Tesla Inc. ; co-chairman of HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI" \o "OpenAI" OpenAI ; founder and CEO of HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuralink" \o "Neuralink" Neuralink . He was previously co-founder and chairman of HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolarCity" \o "SolarCity" SolarCity ; co-founder of Zip2 ; and founder of X.com , which merged with HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confinity" \o "Confinity" Confinity and took the name PayPal . As of July 2017, he has an estimated net worth of $16.1 billion, making him the 80th-wealthiest person in the world.In December 2016, Musk was ranked 21st on the Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People . Musk has stated that the goals of HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolarCity" \o "SolarCity" SolarCity , Tesla , and HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX" \o "SpaceX" SpaceX revolve around his vision to change the world and humanity . [24] His goals include reducing global warming through sustainable energy production and consumption, and reducing the "risk of human extinction " by "making life multiplanetary "by establishing a human colony on Mars . He has also envisioned a high-speed transportation system known as the HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperloop" \o "Hyperloop" Hyperloop , and has proposed a VTOL supersonic jet aircraft with electric fan propulsion , known as the Musk electric jet . Musk also proposed the concept of The Boring Company in 2017. History Sci-fi writers and dreamers have long envisioned ways to travel at high speeds through low-pressure tubes. Robert Gaddard , rocketry pioneer, in 1909 proposed a vacuum train very similar in concept to Hyperloop . In 1972, the RAND Corp. conceived a supersonic underground railway called the Vactrain . Travelling together on a humanitarian mission to Cuba, venture investor and entrepreneur Shervin Pishevar and Elon Musk get to talking about Musk's idea for the Hyperloop , an update on the idea of moving vehicles at high speeds through low-pressure tubes. A few months later at a tech conference Shervin urges Musk to share his ideas with the public. On August 2013, Elon Musk publishes the Hyperloop Alpha white paper which incites overwhelming industry excitement. Shervin presents it to President Obama , whose science advisors say it's feasible.