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3165 - Redmond, Washington, USA

Redmond is a city of 74 000 found just outside of Seattle. Elon Musk opened a SpaceX facility in Redmond, as well as Hyperloop Genesis. Both facilities are research and development and the manufacturing for a proposed internet communications satellite constellation and new transport system.

Hyperloop is a proposed high-speed transportation system for both public and goods transport. The hyperloop would comprise of three essential elements: tubes, pods, and terminals. The tube is a large, sealed, and low pressure system. The pod is a coach pressurized at atmospheric pressure that runs substantially free of air resistance or friction inside the tube. Magnetic propulsion would propel the pod. The terminal would handle pod arrivals and departures. 

Companies and organizations have collaborated to develop the technology. The Technical University of Munich Hyperloop set the speed record of 463 km/h on July 2019 at a pod design competition hosted by SpaceX in Hawthorne, California. Virgin Hyperloop conducted the first human trial in November 2020 at its test site in Las Vegas. It reached a top speed of 172 km/h. 

In Canada, TransPod is exploring hyperloop routes between Toronto and Montreal, Toronto and Windsor, and Calgary and Edmonton. The Alberta Government has a memorandum of understanding with TransPod for its Calgary to Edmonton hyperloop. TransPod has secured more than a half a billion dollars in private capital funding for the first phase which will connect Edmonton International Airport with Edmonton. 

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