Decision Making for Mega Project

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DECISION MAKING FOR MEGA PROJECT
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Answer to Question 1
A Hyperloop is specially a mode proposed by the passenger or any load transportation. It
is firstly used for describing the open source design of vactrain which is released by a joint team
from SpaceX and Tesla (Chin & Gray, 2015). A Hyperloop is basically a tube which is sealed or
any system of tube with the help of which a pod can travel free of the resistance of friction or air.
It can also convey objects or people at a quite high speed and acts efficiently. The concept of
Hyperloop Alpha was first mentioned in the public in the year 2012 which incorporated tubes
having minimum pressure within which the capsules which are basically rode being pressurized
on the air bearings and were driven by the axial compressors and the linear induction motors
(Taylor, Hyde & Barr, 2016).
The three biggest challenges with the project includes decompression, deadly collisions
and pressure. Similar to a pingpong ball, the train may quickly accelerate as soon as the air just
rushes into it and without dragging the capsule may accelerate to a speed which is supersonic.
This decompression can be considered as dire problem which may be dangerous in a system the
vacuum within the train (Werner, Eißing & Langton, 2016). So far, no systems of breaking are
proposed for preventing the capsules from accelerating accidentally due to spontaneous
decompression. The engineering capsule which can withstand and bear the force during any
decompression which is spontaneous will be very difficult due to the given nature of the design
(Ross, 2016). The capsule is so strong that it can support the pressure of the atmosphere within
the cabin. It must also remain light enough such that the tube do not get damaged, destroyed or
compromised as it is seen to travel down the back. It is to be remembered that before a
Hyperloop becomes operational, the tubes used for transportation will stretch and expand about

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hundreds of kilometres across the country which will further support the whole weight of the
atmosphere which is above it. Any small compromise if made within the structure of the tube
may result in an implosion which will be catastrophic. If the tube becomes punctured due to any
reason suddenly, then external air will definitely tear into the tube and shred it apart like it
violently rushes in for filling the void. The effect which will be seen will be similar to that of a
railroad tank vacuum of a car implosion.
Answer to Question 2
The key challenges and the issues which are faced by the High Speed Rail proposal are
political will, project corridor selection, both economic and financial ability to work
successfully, HSR project financing, acquisition of land, structure and the framework of the
policy and technology selection (Khabbaz & Fatahi, 2014).
As per political will, each corridor of HSR will have a longer period of gestation and will
also be highly intensive of capital and hence thinking in a strategic way is needed at the Apex
level to implement in a programmed manner and involves coordination among Central
Government Ministries and State Governments. Selection of the project corridors is also very
important and crucial which mostly involves selection of the pilot project and economically
viable projects are to be given higher priority. High cost of capital will have great impact on the
ability to work successfully and there are highly demanded risks due to the tax which are much
higher as compared to the rail which is conventional (Michell, Martin & Laird, 2014). The high
capital cost of the HSR makes a financing challenge and GOI may not completely fund the
corridors. Most of the state governments will have to then raise finances by extra levies even for
providing funds partly and the private sector may not even have adequate capability of financing