超級高鐵公開首測 時速接近音速
Hyperloop super-fast rail to hit milestone
Elon Musk's vision of a Hyperloop transport system that carries passengers in pressurised tubes at near-supersonic speeds is on track to hit a milestone.
伊隆·馬斯克的超級高鐵創想——加壓密封車廂以近于超音速的速度運送乘客——即將見證里程碑式的新突破.
Musk outlined his futuristic idea in a paper released in 2013, challenging innovators to bring the dream to life.
馬斯克2013年發表了一篇論文,闡述了這一未來設想,希望有富于改革創新精神的人將夢想變為現實.
Hyperloop Technologies, one of the startups that picked up the gauntlet thrown by Musk, is hosting a "sneak preview of the future of transportation technology" during a two-day event billed as involving a demonstration at a test site outside Las Vegas.
初創企業"超級高鐵技術公司"接過了馬斯克拋出的挑戰.該公司近日將于拉斯維加斯郊外一處試驗場進行為期兩天的展示,給外界一個"未來交通技術預演".
A series of tweets fired from the Twitter account @HyperloopTech teased "big announcements you don't want to miss".
公司推特賬號@HyperloopTech連發數條推文,直呼"將有重大事項宣布,你肯定不想錯過".
- Kitty Hawk moment -
基蒂霍克時刻
Late last year, Hyperloop chief executive Rob Lloyd said in an online post that the team was working toward a "Kitty Hawk" moment in 2016.
去年底,"超級高鐵技術公司"CEO羅勃·勞埃德在一篇網帖中稱,公司團隊將于2016年締造"基蒂霍克"時刻（背景知識：萊特兄弟1903年于北卡羅來納的基蒂霍克首次試飛飛機成功）.
The post came with word of an agreement to use an industrial park in the city of North Las Vegas to conduct a Propulsion Open Air Test of the blazingly-fast rail system.
與網帖同時出現的還有一則消息：該公司已達成相關協議,將于拉斯維加斯北部一處工業園進行超級高鐵的"露天推進試驗".
Lloyd described it at the time as a very important step on the way to realising the full potential of Hyperloop Tech.
