Is this... a metaphor?
They held a "memorial service" for it.SpaceX has dismantled its roughly mile-long Hyperloop test tunnel at its factory in Hawthorne, California — to make way, in an ironic rebuke of the hypothetical mass transit tech, for more parking spots.
It's a sad and symbolic move by the Elon Musk-led company, underlining how the idea of a vacuum-powered, ultra-fast transportation system has clearly been relegated to the backburner.
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