The Hyperloop: BUSTED!

Why HN readers recommended it

HN repeatedly cites it as the best skeptical engineering analysis of why Hyperloop is impractical.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Thunderf00t

Topic

hyperloop feasibility

Format

commentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

7

HN mentions in dataset

16

Recommendation years in dataset

2016–2023

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Thunderf00t isn't just some average Joe on the street. The guy has a PhD in chemistry and has dedicated a decade to educate the world at large about matters of science and intellectualism. The world would be a better place if we had more Thunderf00ts …

• British scientist Philip E. Mason ( thunderfoot ) made several skeptical videos on Hyperloop. [VIDEO] I highly recommend his whole Busted! series.

• I'm happy for them, but I'm yet to hear for anybody to address the major challenges that many people have raised. The major one being - the sudden pressurization in any point and the consequent shockwave traveling at the speed of sound, exploding the tube, …