Ce Train Pourrait Vous Amener Sur Un Autre Continent En Quelques Minutes

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Imaginez monter à bord d'un train et atteindre un autre continent en quelques minutes seulement—cela semble relever de la science-fiction, non? Eh bien, des scientifiques travaillent sur un train à tube sous vide futuriste qui pourrait le rendre possible! Ce concept, appelé hyperloop ou vactrain, utiliserait des tunnels hermétiques avec une résistance de l'air ultra-faible, permettant aux trains de voyager à près de la vitesse du son. Cela signifie qu'un voyage de New York à Londres ou de Paris à Pékin pourrait être plus rapide qu'un vol régulier! La technologie est encore en développement, mais si elle fonctionne, elle pourrait changer le voyage à jamais—pas de longs vols, pas de décalage horaire, juste des trajets fluides et ultra-rapides. Qui sait? À l'avenir, vos prochaines vacances pourraient commencer par un trajet en train à travers l'océan! 🚄🌍  Animation créée par Sympa. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Musique par Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com   Pour ne rien perdre de Sympa, abonnez-vous!: https://goo.gl/6E4Xna​ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nos réseaux sociaux : Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sympasympacom/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sympa.officiel/  Stock de fichiers (photos, vidéos et autres): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Si tu en veux encore plus, fais un tour ici:  http://sympa-sympa.com

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00:00You could wake up in New York, grab a bagel for breakfast, jump in a train and, at lunchtime,

00:07you would already be in London, tasting a fish and chips.

00:11What looks like the dream of every tourist could soon become reality.

00:15Currently, the journey between these two cities usually takes 8 endless hours by plane.

00:21But a high-speed train crossing a huge transatlantic tunnel

00:25could make the same journey in just 54 minutes.

00:29The project is to build this train under the Atlantic Ocean,

00:33so that the stations would look like these fashionable underwater restaurants.

00:37Not only would you arrive in Europe in a record time,

00:40but you would not have to suffer the time lag or feel bad because of the turbulence.

00:46So far, this mega-project seems incredible, but can we really achieve it?

00:51Well, it's a million-dollar question.

00:55Actually, it's a 20 billion-dollar question.

00:59It's the cost of this train and its futuristic underwater stations.

01:03It's hard to imagine that anyone has enough money to build it.

01:07That's why specialists thought it was out of the question.

01:11But people started to be optimistic again when Elon Musk made this announcement.

01:16He declared that not only this type of transport was possible,

01:20but that his company could make it a thousand times cheaper than everyone thought.

01:25To travel between New York and London in less than an hour,

01:29the train should reach the breathtaking speed of 4,828 km per hour.

01:35Yes, you heard right.

01:37It's about five times faster than the cruising speed of a commercial plane,

01:41like a Boeing 747.

01:44So, how is this possible?

01:47Well, it's not an ordinary tunnel.

01:50It's an underwater tube, sealed under vacuum,

01:53which eliminates air resistance and allows the train to go at crazy speeds.

01:57And it's not just any train.

01:59It's more of a high-tech aerodynamic capsule

02:03that levitates and moves thanks to magnetic propulsion.

02:06At least, that's what experts think,

02:09this type of technology is already used today with the fastest public train in the world,

02:14the Shanghai Maglev.

02:17This machine, which runs in China, reaches a maximum speed of 299 km per hour.

02:23What's crazy is that these locomotives don't even touch the rails.

02:27They literally levitate about 10 mm from the ground.

02:31This line connects Shanghai to Pudong International Airport,

02:35which allows travelers to avoid traffic jams and get to the airport very quickly.

02:41Thanks to this high-tech technology,

02:44a 31-kilometer journey takes only 8 minutes and 10 seconds.

02:48With a classic train, the same journey would be about 4 times longer.

02:52In 2001, people worked hard for 2 years to build the Maglev train.

02:58And they also spent a lot of money,

03:00because the whole project cost more than a billion dollars.

03:03Despite this exorbitant initial price,

03:06maintaining this service line is not as expensive as it seems.

03:09Its operation is in fact cheaper than that of ordinary trains.

03:13As the Maglev does not touch the rails,

03:15it uses much less and the maintenance costs are much lower.

03:19In addition, its propulsion system is of impressive energy efficiency.

03:24As we have already mentioned, this is the fastest train in the world.

03:28But China does not intend to stop there.

03:31It should soon break its own record,

03:33after having already unveiled the prototype of a new generation train, the CR450.

03:39During tests, this real silver rocket reached speeds of up to 452 km per hour.

03:46If this project is realized,

03:49that is, if people really start using it on a daily basis,

03:52it will change the game for high-speed travel.

03:56It could reduce the distance between Beijing and Shanghai to less than 3 hours.

04:00It is one hour less than the time that the high-speed train currently uses.

04:04The team now has to perform some tests

04:07to ensure that it meets all the standards necessary for commercial operation.

04:12This car looks like a Batmobile,

04:14and it is probably just as powerful.

04:17Discover the incredible Konigsegg Jesko Absolute.

04:21Its elegant and futuristic design is not only there to look good.

04:25Each detail of this machine was designed to melt the air with precision,

04:30reduce drag and turbulence,

04:33while improving its performance at high speed.

04:37Experts have carried out the first computer simulations,

04:40and the Jesko Absolute has reached a staggering speed of 501 km per hour.

04:46But the team is convinced that it can go even faster.

04:50This beast is getting closer to the cruising speed of small jets.

04:53And it is for this reason that it has broken all records

04:56and has become the fastest car in the world.

04:59Visiting the Coventry Museum of Transport in England,

05:03you will come face to face with a terrestrial vehicle

05:06that looks more like a rocket than a car.

05:09I present to you the Bloodhound LSR.

05:12It has been exhibited since 2019.

05:14During tests in the Kalahari Desert in South Africa,

05:17it reached 1010 km per hour.

05:19But the team at the origin of this vehicle is not yet satisfied

05:22and is 99% sure that it can go even faster.

05:26It therefore plans to bring it back on the track soon

05:29in order to beat another record.

05:32But there is a hitch.

05:34The team is still looking for an intrepid and competent pilot

05:37capable of managing speeds higher than 1290 km per hour.

05:42And before you rush to take up the challenge,

05:45let me remind you that it will take more than courage.

05:48You will also need an important sponsorship contract

05:51because bringing this vehicle back on the track

05:53and exceeding this speed record on the ground

05:56could cost around 15 million dollars.

05:59If you are curious to know the fastest jet planes in the world,

06:03do not look any further.

06:05Here is the North American X-15,

06:08a legendary aircraft that has flown for nearly 10 years

06:11and established a record of the unofficial world speed

06:14of 7270 km per hour.

06:18This machine is so impressive

06:20that it even reached space on board

06:22during its test flights in the 1960s.

06:25Yes, it approached the territory of astronauts.

06:28To put things in perspective, commercial aircraft,

06:32those we take regularly,

06:34generally fly at altitudes up to 12,800 meters,

06:38but the X-15 is mounted at more than 106,500 meters.

06:42Now, imagine that you fly faster than ever,

06:45flying in the sky at more than five times the speed of sound.

06:48This is exactly what NASA did with this revolutionary aircraft,

06:52known as X-43A.

06:54This aircraft is powered by a stator reactor,

06:57which means that it is equipped with an engine

07:00that works at supersonic speed.

07:02It has no mobile parts like conventional jet engines,

07:05such as turbines.

07:07Instead, it uses the plane's own speed

07:10to push air into the engine.

07:12The air is then compressed, or crushed,

07:15by the fast movement of the plane,

07:17then mixed with fuel and burned,

07:19which produces a thrust.

07:21For the uninitiated,

07:23this may seem crazy, or even dangerous.

07:25In fact, it should be mentioned

07:27that the first flights of the X-43A

07:29were not at ease.

07:31The first attempt took place in June 2001,

07:33but the plane was destroyed

07:35after the support rocket became uncontrollable.

07:38Fortunately, the second and third attempts

07:41were a huge success,

07:43with record flights entering history.

07:46I know that elevators are not the first thing

07:49that comes to mind

07:51when we think of ultra-fast means of transport.

07:54But it is only thanks to ultra-modern elevators

07:57and at high speed

07:59that skyscrapers as high as Burj Khalifa

08:02and Taipei 101 have become accessible.

08:05One of the fastest elevators in the world

08:08is located in the Shanghai Tower, in China,

08:11which has 128 floors.

08:13To quickly transport people from the ground floor

08:16to the top of the building,

08:18the elevator must move at an incredible speed

08:21of 20 meters per second.

08:23It is faster than Usain Bolt at its maximum speed

08:26and barely slower than a cheetah.

08:28But it is still super fast,

08:30about five times faster than the elevators

08:33we use in most buildings.

08:35So, if you are afraid of heights,

08:37and cramped spaces,

08:39we suggest you stay on the ground floor.

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