Now they just need to increase the power, shorten the train, run a maglev line up the side of Mt. Fuji, cut the rail just past the summit, and we'll finally have an economical way to send people into low Earth orbit. Getting them down on the other hand might be kinetically severe and final for any passengers that managed to hold their breath long enough to worry about it.
All joking aside, it really is pretty impressive stuff. And for a nation the size of Japan it makes sense for commuting.
Stateside, however, it makes more sense to me to focus on what is considerably more profitable by finding ways to move freight and merchandise in the most efficient way possible.
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