maglev
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NASA Wants to Build a Maglev Railroad Across the Moon
NASA aims to set up a long-term human presence on the Moon, but maintaining a habitat on the surface will require some innovative infrastructure. To one day transport cargo across the dusty, cratered landscape, NASA is considering a magnetic levitation railway system. NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program recently announced six projects selected for the…
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The US Might Have Just Taken Two Steps Closer Toward Its Own Maglev Train
This weekend, millions were approved in funding for a high-speed rail project linking Baltimore and Washington, DC by maglev train. A day later, the US Secretary of Transportation flew to Japan to see what riding one was like firsthand. These are two promising signs, my friends, for high-speed rail’s future in America — though there’s…
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America Should Envy This Speed Record-Shattering Japanese Bullet Train
The Central Japan Railway Company’s maglev bullet train hit 589km/h yesterday in a test, a record-setting clip that breaks the the 12-year-old landspeed record of 581km/h, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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The First Personal Maglev Transport System Is Being Built In Israel
SkyTran — a NASA Space Act company — is finally building a pilot of its computer-controlled, two-person, high-speed maglev transport system. Cars run six metres above the ground and can be ordered by a smartphone app.