Announcing the intention to build a polygon in the Dnipro for running Hyperloop technology, the Minister of Infrastructure Vladimir Omelyan went all-in. Too many players in the world market would like to see Ukraine as a raw material appendage. And then there is such a chance - to step out of the agrarian and dilapidated industrial world right into the club of technologies of the twenty-first century. The minister's position should be supported by several leading players. And the Dnieper in this case acts as a casino. That is, he wins in any case. But ideally the whole Ukraine wins, writes on portal site. ua political scientist Kirill Sazonov.

So, what is the Hyperloop project that Ukraine wants to implement in Ukraine. Someone says that this is a long tube with low pressure inside, on which wagons move with enormous speed. But this is the surface of the iceberg. A small piece for advertising. In fact, Hyperloop is a project that requires a lot of investment, a lot of technological solutions and skilled hands. These are not just jobs with a high salary and many more jobs in the related industries. In fact, such projects are a pass for the country in the twenty-second century. As the cultivation of grain - a pass in the nineteenth. The time machine works in both directions, but the ticket price is different and after the end of the tour can wait a prize. If you are in the future. And if it's in the past, you'll have to pay.

Help: Hyperloop is the "fifth type" of transport that is designed to replace trains and produce a transport revolution, as did the locomotive, car and airplane. Author Ilon Mask says that the idea came to him during a long traffic jam. According to him, this is something between the supersonic passenger plane Concorde, the railgun and the air hockey table. Hyperloop was conceived as an above-ground pipeline located on supports, within which, at a speed of 480 to 1,220 kilometers per hour (depending on the terrain), with a 30-second interval in one direction, single transport capsules 25-30 meters long. The implementation of the idea of ??the mask is handled by three teams - Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Virgin Hyperloop One and Boring Company. The project in Ukraine is supported by the Octagonal Corporation.

The choice of a region for creating a test site for Hyperloop infrastructure testing is determined by several factors. In the Dnieper there is sufficient scientific, technical and human resources. Of course, the Academy of Sciences from Kyiv will be in charge of the issue, but the implementation of the process in the region is still cheaper. Plus, we will be realistic, especially at the first stage of critical support of local authorities. And Filatov (the mayor of the regional center) and Reznichenko (the governor) will not exactly ask for a rollback or a share. The main thing is to find investors and convince them that the business is profitable. And then there are lots of unexpected nuances.

The most interesting thing is that the profit is not at all tied to the successful tests of the final product. Moreover, it has nothing to do with the implementation of the Hyperloop project in Ukraine. That is, we really want to get from Kiev to Odessa or Lviv in a couple of hours, but when it comes to money, we put our desires behind brackets. In the process of running technology and developing technical processes, many practical and interesting solutions will be found. Worthy patents and worth a lot of money. Production of which can be quickly organized on the spot or in another region of Ukraine. And this is already living money.

Quick money - if you trade licenses. Long, if the finished products. And all this jobs, infrastructure, investments, taxes and other related bonuses. The more technologically productive, the more jobs it creates in related industries. Anyway, but the project can bring serious money to the region and the country long before "spacecraft will begin to plow the expanses of the Bolshoi Theater".

The most important, as well as a hundred years ago - the cadres. Qualified cadres decide everything. Engineers, designers, scientists and, importantly, the necessary number of builders, assemblers and other people whose work is often not so noticeable, but without them. In India, Mexico and other countries of interest to investors, it is precisely these cadres that are sorely lacking. There are many in Germany, but every hour of their work - the salary of a Ukrainian specialist for two weeks. So the choice is quite logical. And Ukraine, and a specific region.

In fact, the Hyperloop project is really a unique opportunity for Ukraine. Jack Pot, which we can win. It's not at all to take a billion loan and build a line Kiev-Odessa. This huge production with an incredible export potential. Which will create not just tens of thousands of jobs in the Dnipropetrovsk region - it will require specialists (hence investment in education), a lot of electricity (investments in energy) and many, many orders in related industries. Countrywide. Project for decades - with high added value.

And for its implementation it is not just to declare the project a priority at the level of the Cabinet - for the sake of such a win it is possible to revise the legislative base of Ukraine. Billion investments and technological breakthrough are incompatible with dull inspectors, long reconciliations of land allotments at all levels and demands of bribes. So, this factor needs to be removed. Because we will not do it - someone else will do it. But then all the bonuses are past us.