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This image released by Tesla Motors shows a conceptual design sketch of the Hyperloop passenger transport capsule. Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013 unveiled the concept for a transport system he says would make the nearly 400-mile trip in half the time it takes an airplane. The

Elon Musk's vision of high-speed travel through a set of tubes linking San Francisco to Los Angeles may be one small step closer to reality.

A business incubator in Southern California has formed a team to take Musk's Hyperloop idea and turn it into a company. And that team includes the former director of mission operations at Musk's private spaceship company, SpaceX.

Image: (AP Photo/Tesla Motors) Photo: Associated Press