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<galois>
title: [2010.08557] Can the EHT M87 results be used to test general relativity?
<umbralraptop>
WeylandsWings: yeah, and it's fractally bad. see eg: the line from KC through Hutchinson that somehow misses Wichita
<WeylandsWings>
or how the network is a whole bunch of generally disconnected services
<WeylandsWings>
plus not owning their own tracks and having to give way to freight
<umbralraptop>
yeah, coal being more valuable than passengers is, uh, an interesting set of priorities
<WeylandsWings>
I have had the thought of what if you just use the medians of the major interstates as the rail baseline
<umbralraptop>
That would be a good start on how many lines you'd need
<WeylandsWings>
because you have good access, already have the easements
<WeylandsWings>
the issue is the bend radii
<umbralraptop>
Though I'm pretty sure that the ~900 km between KC and Denver causes numeric overflows for any HSR advocate outside of China
<WeylandsWings>
esp as we should be looking at HSR
<WeylandsWings>
but that isnt unsurmountable
<WeylandsWings>
bundle the rail building with a massive reworking of the Interstate system (new bridges, repaving, realigning) and you can kill 2 birds with one stone
<WeylandsWings>
really 3 birds as you will probably kill 2-3 of the US airlines
<umbralraptop>
Yeah, also need to build out intracity transit so the rail stations are usable
<WeylandsWings>
one thing at a time
<WeylandsWings>
just remember all the NIMBYers who worry that public transit will bring [undesireable demographic] into their neighborhoods
<umbralraptop>
[extremely monotone voice] oh, no. not the property values