Elon Musk tweeted out video showing how his mini submarine worked.
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A British scuba diver who helped in the rescue of 12 young boys from a Thai cavern is supposedly thinking about legal action versus Elon Musk after the Tesla and SpaceX CEO called him a “pedo.”
In a Sunday tweet, Musk identified Vernon Unsworth, a scuba diver who assisted rescue 12 young boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cavern, a “pedo guy” after criticism of a submarine rescue prepare the billionaire had actually proposed. Musk supposedly followed that up with a tweet reading,”Bet ya a signed dollar it’s true.”
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Elon Musk’s now erased tweet.
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The president of SpaceX and Tesla was obviously reacting to criticism from Vernon Unsworth, who implicated Musk of producing a mini submarine to save the young boys as a “PR stunt” throughout an interview with CNN. The British scuba diver went on to state Musk “can stick his submarine where it hurts.”
On Monday, Unsworth informed AFP that he would take legal action versus Musk if “it’s what I think it is yes.” He included that he had not examined the tweets, just became aware of them.
Thai Cave Rescue: “I can’t put words to what I think of the guy but it’s not finished…people around the world really need to know what this guy is really like” – British scuba diver Vern Unsworth speaking with 7 News press reporter @MyleeHogan about @elonmusk‘s tweet. #7News pic.twitter.com/cEdRftgq1i
— 7 News Sydney (@ 7NewsSydney) July 16, 2018
Unsworth played an important function in the rescue of the 13 previously today after increasing flood waters caught the group for almost 3 weeks in the Tham Luang Nang Non collapses northernThailand Before the rescue objective started, Musk tweeted that he had actually developed an “escape pod” constructed from “the liquid oxygen transfer tube” of a SpaceX Falcon rocket that might be utilized as a submarine to draw out the kids.
But Thai authorities called the gadget “ not useful” and decided versus utilizing it.
“It just had absolutely no chance of working,” Unsworth stated. “He had no conception of what the cave passage was like.”
In another tweet, Musk states he “never saw this British expat guy who lives in Thailand” and challenged the recommendation he was asked to leave the cavern due to the fact that his help wasn’t required.
In a different Twitter thread over the weekend, Musk safeguarded his almost $40,000 contribution to PAC Protect The House, a political action committee that intends to maintain Republican control of the House ofRepresentatives In a tweet Saturday, Musk called his political leanings moderate and promoted his assistance for ecological and humanitarian causes.
If @elonmusk is genuinely a conservative, (although there was nearly an even divided in contributions to Dems/Reps) then I state we ought to have more progressive individuals like him representingRepublicans Moreso, his association is none of my company.
— Jack Pattillo (@jack_p) July 14, 2018
Representatives for Musk didn’t instantly react to an ask for remark.
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First published July 15, 9:56 a.m. PT.
Update, July 16 at 8:40 a.m. PT: Adds that British diver Vernon Unsworth is considering legal action.
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