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![]() This same idea is a major plot 'device' in the 2012 version of the Total Recall movie.
This idea was also used in Hugo Gernsback's 1911 novel Ralph 124c 41 + - see the entry for Sub-Atlantic Tube.
And what is the best shape or curve for this tunnel to follow? See the discussion in the article for gravity-assisted subway from Larry Niven's 1976 story A World Out of Time. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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