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Yes, a pod would depart every 2 minutes or less, which puts about 23 miles between them.
by jswhitten 13y ago
Yes, a pod would depart every 2 minutes or less, which puts about 23 miles between them.
- Florin_Andrei 13y agoI think it's actually more useful to think in terms of "2 minutes between them", as opposed to "23 miles". 2 minutes is all you have - to detect the situation, make a decision, then stop.
- Turing_Machine 13y agoHow much time do you have in heavy freeway traffic?
- lmm 13y agoFour seconds, if you're driving the way you were instructed. But you've got multiple options: go left or right, and if you slam the brakes they'll stop you in time. If something broke the tube, are we looking at several pods slamming into the obstruction one after the other?
- Florin_Andrei 13y agoThe two situations you're comparing are vastly dissimilar.