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> 4.5.6. Human Related Incidents Hyperloop would feature the same high level of security used at airports. However, the regular departure of Hyperloop capsules would result in a steadier and faster flow of passengers through security screening compared to airports.

Ugh. That only seems feasible if back-scatter scanners are the only option (but would you still have to take your belt off and put all metal in a little bowl?).




You'd really only have to scan for explosives.

Knives or even guns would only pose a problem to the few passengers in the capsule with you (yeah, you might be able to shoot a hole through the tube, but it would take a LONG TIME for a bullet hole to let in enough air to affect the pressure in a LA-SF-sized tube).

It's not like you can hijack the thing. :-)


The TSA phased out all the X-ray backscatter machines due to radiation concerns. All the scanners at airports use millimeter wave radar now. Still the same privacy concerns, but no ionizing radiation and thus no possible health concerns.


WRONG.

Such machines are still in use and besides, neither machine machine has provably been better than plain old metal detectors.

http://tsastatus.net/


Was this CNN article wrong then? I don't travel very much, but haven't seen an X-Ray backscatter machine since last year.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/29/travel/tsa-backscatter


Wow, yeah, that basically ruins a significant part of the appeal to me.


I can't wait to get frisked by one of Musk's minions!




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