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And this will be the reason Kyle has to explain to his parents why he got fired from Hyperloop One.

uh.. uh.. uh.... I don't know what you're talking about.... runs away to report to Great Leader

Cool! If you decide the compressor is not worth the hassle, how do you intend to reach high speeds (upwards of 350 mph) while still maintaining a reasonable tube size? How would you avoid choked flow conditions?

Through what mechanism do you intend to compress air into and past the pod in order to avoid choked flow? As a technical lead on a SpaceX Hyperloop Competition team, we ran into several issues with power and availability of continuous compressors capable of compressing the required amount of air. Do you intend to design your own compressor? If so, what is your largest problem with design such a device?