New York to Beijing in two hours? (2)

Put visitors in the "capsule" and shoot to destination

Recently, the Colorado-based company called "ET3" is constructing a three-mile long, up to 4,000 miles per hour vacuum pipeline transportation system. Daryl Oster, who is responsible for the detail design, is a mechanical engineer in Florida. In order to concentrate on research and development, the Oster couple resigned from other jobs where they can get a higher salary.

ET3 company is committed to developing a "high-altitude pipeline" project envisioned by the designer. It can reach 6,500 kilometers per hour. Passengers sit in the vacuum line can go from New York to Los Angeles in only 45 minutes; a trip from New York to Beijing only takes two hours, and for a global tour it takes six hours.

According to designer, this high-altitude pipeline transportation is like a "capsule". Each capsule is placed in the pipeline, and launched to the destination as artillery shells.

To give the public more information, the company published more details of the "capsule" design on the website: each "capsule" weighs 183 kilograms, with length of 16 feet (4.87 meters), can accommodate 4 to 6 passengers, and there is luggage compartment. The pipeline that connects the two destinations will be built on the ground, the same as high-speed railway.