Musk’s “escape pod.”
Elon Musk/Twitter
Elon Musk wanted to conserve the young soccer group caught in a northern Thailand cavern, over the weekend developing a rescue submarine that he believed might serve as an escape pod for the kids and their coach.
On Tuesday, when 4 kids and their 25- year-old soccer coach were still in the cavern, rescue objective head Narongsak Osotthanakorn informed press reporters Musk’s submarine was valued however not useful.
“Even though their equipment is technologically sophisticated, it doesn’t fit with our mission to go in the cave,” he stated, according to BBC. “The equipment they brought to help us is not practical with our mission,” the publication likewise estimated him as stating.
Musk would hours later reply to BBC, tweeting that a guy called Richard Stanton, and not Osotthanakorn, was the real “subject matter expert.” He included an e-mail of their correspondence, in which Stanton motivated the advancement of Musk’s escape pod. Stanton was among the 2 scuba divers who initially discovered the soccer group in the cavern.
The previous Thai provincial guv (explained incorrectly as “rescue chief”) is not the subject professional. That would be Dick Stanton, who co-led the dive rescue group. This is our direct correspondence: pic.twitter.com/dmC9l3jiZR
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 10, 2018
The group of 12 kids and their coach got in the cavern system on June 23, when downpour triggered the water level within the cavern to increase quickly, requiring them to endeavor much deeper. They ultimately discovered a dry landing area, where they waited on 9 days prior to being discovered by 2 British scuba divers.
The rescue operation started in earnest on Sunday, with a knowledgeable group of scuba divers saving 4 of the 13 individuals caught. On Monday, rescuers obtained 4 more kids, bringing the overall released up until now to 8. The last 4 kids and the coach were saved onTuesday
The overall operation had one casualty, previous Thai navy seal SamanGunan Th 38- year-old passed away Thursday night providing oxygen tanks through the cavern passages.
Just returned from Cave 3. Mini- sub is prepared if required. It is made from rocket parts & & called Wild Boar after kids’ soccer group. Leaving here in case it might work in the future. Thailand is so lovely. pic.twitter.com/EHNh8ydaTT
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 9, 2018
Before the rescue objective started, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Musk tweeted that he was developing an “escape pod” constructed from “the liquid oxygen transfer tube” of a SpaceX Falcon rocket that might be utilized as a submarine. Musk, head of Tesla and the Boring Company, tweeted that television would be “light enough to be carried by 2 divers, small enough to get through narrow gaps” and “extremely robust.”
On Sunday, Musk tweeted a series of videos revealing a group of scuba divers checking the pod in the pool at Palisades Charter HighSchool The tweets reveal the submarine being gradually transported undersea by a group of scuba divers.
< div class ="shortcode video v2" data-video-playlist="[{" id="" cave="" rescue:="" elon="" musk="" sends="" tiny="" submarine="" from="" rocket="" parts="" kid-sized="" is="" demonstrated="" in="" a="" pool.="" will="" it="" arrive="" time="" to="" help="" the="" youth="" soccer="" team="" trapped="" flooded="" thailand="" news="" video="">
Watch this:
Thai cave rescue: Elon Musk sends tiny submarine
1:52
Musk said in a tweet that he expected the mini sub would arrive in Thailand by sometime Monday evening, local time. “Hopefully useful,” he wrote. “If not, perhaps it will be in a future situation.” The sub, dubbed Wild Boar after the soccer team’s name, is ready for use when and if necessary, Musk said in another tweet, adding that the vessel will remain in Thailand in case it’s needed in the future.
First published: July 10, 9:55 p.m.
Updated, July 11 at 5:14 p.m. PT: Adds Musk tweeted reply to BBC.
Fight the Power: Take a look at who’s transforming the way we think about energy.
‘Hello, humans’: Google’s Duplex could make Assistant the most lifelike AI yet.
