Abstract: An airdock for connecting a transportation vehicle to a loading area in a high-speed, low-pressure transportation system. The airdock includes a pathway for off-loading and loading of passengers and/or cargo to the transportation vehicle. The airdock is operable to maintain the transportation vehicle in a low-pressure environment of the transportation system while providing the pathway through the low-pressure environment.

Abstract: A soft capture system for moving a transportation vehicle to an airdock in a high-speed, low-pressure transportation system, wherein the airdock provides a pathway for off-loading and loading of passengers and/or cargo to the transportation vehicle. he soft capture system includes a movement system operable to reduce a gap between the transportation vehicle and the airdock and to align the airdock with a door of the transportation vehicle.

Abstract: A hard capture system for securing a transportation vehicle to an airdock in a high-speed, low-pressure transportation system, wherein the airdock provides a pathway for off-loading and loading of passengers and/or cargo to the transportation vehicle. The hard capture system includes a plurality of latches operable to maintain the transportation vehicle in a fixed position relative to the airdock.

Abstract: A pod bay for receiving at least one transportation vehicle for connection with at least one airdock in a high-speed, low-pressure transportation system, wherein the airdock provides a pathway for off-loading and loading of passengers and/or cargo to the transportation vehicle. The pod bay includes a housing and at least one airdock. The pod bay is operable to maintain the transportation vehicle in a low-pressure environment of the transportation system while connecting the transportation vehicle via the at least one airdock to a boarding area.

Abstract: A gate valve including a gate valve door moveable between an open position and a closed position; and a track bridge moveable between a lowered active position, and a raised inactive position. When the track bridge is in the raised position, the gate valve can be moved from the open position to the closed position.

Abstract: This cosmetic composition (1) includes a starch particle (11) and a lubricant that covers at least a portion of a surface of the starch particle (11) and contains a fatty acid, in which a mass of the lubricant is 0.3 mass % to 20 mass % with respect to the total mass of the starch particle and the lubricant.