
High-speed rail has been in the news in that its not working. The New York Times states:
Fairly obvious, but we all know why high speed transport will eventually happen:
The only thing lacking right now is American political will. But The Denver Post picks up with a press pool report from Senator Bennet:
Seems like everyone is touting the relief that Rail/Hyperloop will bring. But don’t forget Buses!
Holding mobile townhall aboard @rfta bus today on the way to airport – what a great way to travel pic.twitter.com/Bc3yHLdZrF
— Michael Bennet (@SenBennetCO) August 5, 2014
But when it does happen will we have the necessary know how to build it? According to a NPR article on the Construction Industry Missing Key Tool: Skilled Workers, NPR explains:
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The hyperloop can be different. Automation and robotics can be designed to install prefabricated modular units of the hyperloop.
According to Melonee Wise, the manual laborer of the future has only one arm and stands just three feet, two inches tall. Such are the vital statistics of UBR1, a $35,000 mobile robot unveiled today by Wise’s startup company Unbounded Robotics. Though robots have long been a part of manufacturing, they have traditionally worked in isolation. But in recent years, thanks to advances in hardware and software, new kinds of robot have begun to appear among human workers in factories and warehouses.
Lets end with a quote and substitute the Mars stuff for a hyperloop:
“To explore and settle Mars in the decades ahead isn’t inevitable, but its entirely possible.” @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/4MhRzrmY08 — SpaceUp Boston (@SpaceUPBoston) August 6, 2014