Who? Elon Musk
What? Hyperloop design challenge , featuring US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, who supports high speed rail & issued a report that high speed rail will be instrumental in US transportation by 2045.
Where? Texas A&M
When? January 28 & 29, 2016
Why? The A&M “qualifying teams will get a chance to test the pods on a one-mile test track at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif. in June 2016.”
How does high speed rail factor into this? In addition to the support of the US Secretary of Transportation for high speed rail, hyperloop can be viewed as a version of high speed rail.
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