Elon Musk's Hyperloop

The pdf file was rather long and takes too long to read this morning.  For reference purposes, here's the embedded Scribd version for anyone who is interested:

A couple points:

1. Musk doesn't plan to build it himself
2. It is said to be open-source, meaning anyone can contribute ideas to it

Musk said he was disappointed with the existing plans to develop a high speed train in California.  It is too slow and costs too much.  This is an attempt to improve upon that.

The real problem is that the government isn't doing it in order to improve anything.  They are doing it in order to enrich themselves at everyone else's expense.

Update:

Popular Mechanics has a short writeup here.

Hyperloop Alpha