Elon Musk has actually provided his dull knowledge to assist save a celebration of school children caught in a flooded collapse Thailand– and he believes his inflatable tubes may work.
Twelve young boys and their football group coach were going to the Tham Luang cavern system in Northern Thailand when they were stranded by floodwaters 10 days back. More heavy rain is anticipated to flood the caverns even more, and areas of the passages out are too narrow to go through using scuba tanks. Former navy scuba diver Saman Gunan passed away after providing oxygen to the kids on Thursday, showing how hazardous the escape from the caverns would be.
Boring Co has actually advanced ground permeating radar & & is respectable at digging holes. Don’ t understand if pump rate is restricted by electrical power or pumps are too smal. If so, might dropship totally charged Powerpacks and pumps.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 5, 2018
Employees of the SpaceX and Boring business established by Musk are on their method to Thailand to use support. The Boring Company was established to drill traffic tunnels, and might utilize ground-penetrating radar or air pumps.
Tesla creator Musk has actually likewise recommended running an inflatable tunnel through the irregular passages of the cavern that might form a sidewalk to security.
Update, 12: 54 p.m. PT: Musk says he can construct inflatable Kevlar tubes to assist save the kids, and is trying to call scuba divers to find out the appropriate measurements:
Inflatable tubes & & pods being constructed of Kevlar for much better abrasion resistance. A SpaceX engineer occurs to be in Thailand & & is headed there now. Could among the scuba divers DM me? Need approx shape of the majority of hard areas for tube fab.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 6, 2018
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