Ngaba Ngaba Oku Kungaba Ngomhla Omkhulu WokuThutho?
Ngo-Agasti 2013, u-Elon Musk (umsunguli weTesla no-SpaceX) wakhulula iphepha elichaza umboniso wakhe woluhlobo olutsha ngokutsha lokuhamba.
I-Hyperloop, njengoko yayibiza ngayo, yayiza kuthumela iipods egcwele imithwalo kunye nabantu ngokusebenzisa iibhubhu ezikufutshane okanye ngaphantsi komhlaba, ngokukhawuleza ukuya kwi-700mph. Lona yiLos Angeles ukuya eSan Francisco okanye eNew York ukuya eWashington DC ngesiqingatha seyure.
Kwakuyimbono evelelekayo, kodwa kwakukho imibuzo enzima yokuphendula ngaphambi kokuba umxholo ube nelithuba lokuba yinyani.
Ngoku, kwiminyaka embalwa kamva, sithatha enye ingqwalasela kwi-Hyperloop - ingaba isebenze njani, yintoni inkqubela phambili eyenziwe ekwakheni enye, kunye neliphi ikamva eliza kubamba kule ngcamango yothutho ebonakala ivela ngqo kwi-movie yezesayensi.
Ingaba isebenza kanjani?
Njengoko i-Hyperloop izandi, iinjongo ezingemva kwayo zilula. Ngokusebenzisa iibhulo ezivaliweyo kunye nokususa yonke ingcinezelo yomoya kubo, amazinga okungqubuzana anciphisa kakhulu. I-Pods levitate kwi-cushion yomoya emoyeni ococekileyo ngaphakathi kwee-tubes, kwaye ngenxa yoko, bayakwazi ukuhamba ngokukhawuleza kunokuba izithuthi zendabuko.
Ukufezekisa isantya esicetywayo, ngokukhawuleza-esinezantsi, ii-tubes ziza ku funeka zigijime njengomgca ochanekileyo kunokwenzeka. Oku kunokuthetha ukuba ukuthungela phantsi komhlaba kwenza ingqiqo ngaphezu kokwakha izibhabhane ezinikezelwe ngaphaya kwayo, ubuncinane ngaphandle kwenkangala okanye enye indawo engekho ndawo. Iingcebiso zangaphambili, ke, ziphakanyisiwe zihamba kunye ne-I-5 ekhoyo, ngokubanzi ukuphepha iimfazwe ezixabisekileyo ngokusetyenziswa komhlaba.
Kwiphepha lasekuqaleni likaMusk, wayecinga ukuba ii-pods zibambe abantu abangama-28 kunye nemithwalo yabo, beshiya yonke imizuzwana engama-30 kwixesha eliphakamileyo. Iipods ezinkulu zinokubamba imoto, kwaye amaxabiso ohambo phakathi kwala mabini amakhulu aseCalifornia aya kuba malunga needola ezingama-20.
Kulula kakhulu ukuyila inkqubo efana neli phepheni kunelizwe langempela, kunjalo, kodwa ukuba kwenzeka, i-Hyperloop ingakwazi ukuguqula ukuhamba phakathi kweedolophu.
Ngokukhawuleza kunemoto, iibhasi okanye izitimela, kwaye ngaphandle kwayo yonke intlephelo yeesikhumulo sezindiza, kulula ukucinga ukuthotyelwa kweenkonzo. Uhambo oluya kwiidolophu eziliqela ezilikhulu leeekhilomitha kude luya kuba yinto enokwenene, ekhoyo.
Ngubani owakha i Hyperloop?
Ngelo xesha, uMusk uthe wayexakeke kakhulu kunye nezinye iinkampani ekwakheni i-Hyperloop ngokwakhe, kwaye wakhuthaza abanye ukuba bathathe umngeni. Iinkampani eziliqela zenze oko kanye - Hyperloop One, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies kunye neArrivo phakathi kwabo.
Kukho ngokubakho ngaphezulu kokusasazwa kweendaba ukususela emva koko, nangona izakhiwo zokuvavanywa zakhiwe, kwaye ingqiqo ibonakaliswe, nangona kunesantya esingaphantsi kweendlela ezifutshane.
Nangona uninzi lwengqwalasela lubekwe kwiiprojekthi ezisekelwe e-US, kubonakala ngathi kunokwenzeka ukuba i-Hyperloop yokuqala yokuthengisa ingaphesheya kwezilwandle. Kuye kwaba nomdla ophawulekayo kumazwe ahlukeneyo njengeSlovakia, eMzantsi Korea nase-United Arab Emirates. Ukukwazi ukuhamba ukusuka eBratislava ukuya eBudapest ngemizuzu elishumi, okanye u-Abu Dhabi ukuya e-Dubai kwimigqana embalwa nje, ivakalisa kakhulu kuburhulumente basekuhlaleni.
Izinto zathatha enye inguqu enomdla ngo-Agasti 2017. UMusk, ngokusobala wayondla ngenkqubela phambili kwaye esigqibo sokuba ngoku wayenexesha elithile lokuzikhusela, wamemezela izicwangciso zokwakha i-Hyperloop yakhe phantsi komhlaba phakathi kweNew York neDkt.
Izithintelo ezizimeleyo ziyingxaki enkulu kunoma yimuphi umgama omude Hyperloop eUnited States, nangona kunjalo, kwaye le projekthi ayikho imvume ebhaliweyo.
Liliphi Ikamva?
Nangona inkqubela yezobugcisa ihamba ngokukhawuleza, ukungena kukaMusk kumdlalo we-Hyperloop kunokwenzeka ukuba ulethe imali engakumbi kunye nokuqwalasela ingcamango, kwaye unokukhawulezisa iisebe karhulumente ezihamba ngokukhawuleza kunye nayo.
Kwiintliwano-ndlebe, abasunguli beenkampani ezininzi ze-Hyperloop baye baphosa amaxesha angama-2021 njengomhla wokuqalisa umsebenzi wezorhwebo-ubuncinane kwindawo ethile ehlabathini. Iinjongo, kodwa ukuba ubunjineli kunye nobuchwephesha bubonakala bubude kwimida emide, akusiyo ngaphandle kombuzo onenkxaso eyaneleyo yangasese nekarhulumente.
Iminyaka emibini ezayo iya kuba yinto ebalulekileyo, njengoko iinkampani zihamba ukusuka kwiimvavanyo ezincinci ukuya kwii-Hyperloop ezininzi, kwaye zisuka apho ziye kwihlabathi langempela.
Jonga le ndawo!