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Hyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent Transit (www.bloomberg.com)
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Apparently all Musk wanted to do with this was undercut any attempts at high speed rail in California.

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[โ€“] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He can't fail, he can only be failed. Like when his space X rockets blow up on the launchpad, his fans will declare that because this one lasts 0.004 seconds longer than the last one, it's "great progress"

[โ€“] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 10 months ago

Yup. Or "it was remotely detonated and achieved the mission parameters"