Vacuum specialist Leybold GmbH is supporting students from science, technology, engineering and mathematics STEM university ETH Zurich who have made it through to the next stage of the SpaceX competition with their Swissloop concept.
In order to accelerate the development of functional prototypes and encourage student innovation, US entrepreneur Elon Musk announced the Hyperloop Pod competition in 2015, which challenges university teams to design and build the best transport pod. The first two competitions were held in January and August 2017 and were the first of their kind anywhere in the world.
Based on these successes, SpaceX has moved forward with the third installment – the 2018 Hyperloop Pod Competition – of which ETH Zurich is a contender.
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