Have you ever said, “Are we there yet?” while on a long road trip? Ever wonder why it takes you so long to get from one state to the next? Well, Elon Musk has created an idea that will get you from state to state in under thirty minutes. He calls this idea, Hyperloop. Currently, his idea has taken the world by storm. The technology advanced concept is in the works and will hopefully be in the United States in a few years. Hyperloop is a life-changing project that the world has been waiting for because of its extreme speed, safety, and its cheap prices. Elon Musk is the CEO and CTO of SpaceX, the world’s first privately funded spacecraft company. He is also the creator of Tesla, cars that are electric and charge instead of taking gas. Elon Musk is the mastermind behind the idea of the Hyperloop. He knew that he would be busy with his businesses so he passed his idea onto someone who could make it into a reality. Virgin Hyperloop One is the company who is up to the challenge to make this futuristic idea come to life. Again, a Hyperloop is a system of pod cars shooting through vacuum tubes at 800 MPH ( Dupzyk 1). Hyperloops are being considered to be put into places such as Slovakia, Abu Dhabi, The Czech Republic, France, Sweden, Indonesia, and The United States. Over …show more content…
This Hyperloop would cut the accidents and traffic load on one of the most popular highways, I-70. The Hyperloop would connect Missouri to Kansas City. According to Ryan Weber and Andrew Smith, the Hyperloop would make the states become more cooperative towards each other rather than competitive. This Hyperloop in Missouri will turn rural Missouri into a place that enables freight distribution centers (Knapp 2). “We need assets like this to attract a tech workforce to Kansas City,” said Weber (Knapp 2). Overall, Hyperloop is an amazing idea that would be very helpful to people who need to constantly travel between these two