Kid-Size Submarine, Designed By Elon Musk, Sent To Thailand To Rescue Boys Trapped In Cave
By Space Coast Daily // July 9, 2018
ABOVE VIDEO: SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted Sunday that this “kid-size submarine” is en route to Thailand to be “hopefully useful” in efforts to rescue eight boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave. The pod is meant to help the trapped boys safely maneuver through the narrow pathways inside the cave.
Simulating maneuvering through a narrow passage pic.twitter.com/2z01Ut3vxJ
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 9, 2018
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 8, 2018
With some mods, this could also work as an escape pod in space
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 8, 2018
Testing underwater in LA pool pic.twitter.com/CDO2mtjP2D
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 8, 2018
Some good feedback from cave experts in Thailand. Iterating with them on an escape pod design that might be safe enough to try. Also building an inflatable tube with airlocks. Less likely to work, given tricky contours, but great if it does.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 7, 2018
Got more great feedback from Thailand. Primary path is basically a tiny, kid-size submarine using the liquid oxygen transfer tube of Falcon rocket as hull. Light enough to be carried by 2 divers, small enough to get through narrow gaps. Extremely robust.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 7, 2018
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