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Old 05-17-2009, 11:53 AM   #25 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Instead of putting your theoretical future transportation system up in the air, run it underground, in a tube - a larger version of an oil or gas pipeline. Then you evacuate the pipeline, and air drag becomes moot.
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