Elon Musk Sends SpaceX, Boring Co. Engineers to Aid Thailand Cave Rescue Of Trapped Football Team

While Elon Musk is busy working on his ambitious superfast underground transportation projection and courtship criticism over his views on AI, the Tesla chief has also offered to help rescue a squad of young soccer players fighting for their life in a cave in Thailand.

The plight of the trapped boys and their 25-year-old autobus, who were starting time idea to have died, has received media coverage beyond the globe. Musk has volunteered to ship a team of engineers and technology used by his companies to assist rescue efforts. Twelve members of the Wild Boars social club – including xi children aged 11 to xvi – take been trapped in an intricate cave system for over 10 days at present.

As the Thai authorities are trying to figure out a style to save the boys and their coach trapped in the cavern, which is also at the hazard of getting flooded, Musk has sent SpaceX & Boring Visitor engineers to help in the rescue operations.

Elon Musk Sends Engineers To Help Thailand Cave Rescue Of Trapped Football Team — An paradigm of the immature footballers trapped in the cavern (Image courtesy: Sky News)

"SpaceX & Boring Co engineers headed to Thailand tomorrow to meet if we can be helpful to govt. There are probably many complexities that are hard to appreciate without being in that location in person", Musk tweeted.

Boring Co has advanced ground penetrating radar & is pretty good at digging holes. Don't know if pump rate is limited by electric power or pumps are as well smal. If and then, could dropship fully charged Powerpacks and pumps.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July five, 2018

Musk also spoke about about his squad could assistance pump h2o out of the tunnels which connect the cave system, where the boys are trapped. He also talked about supplying oxygen inside, which is a serious threat. Retired Navy officer Saman Gunan died yesterday while trying to deliver air tanks to the caves, after running out of oxygen.

Musk also proposed using a double-layer Kevlar force per unit area pod with Teflon blanket that will have an air tank at the caput of the pod and a vent valve at the rear end to eliminate the dependency on a scuba mouthpiece or regulator, and volition thus make the divers less susceptible to panic attacks in the cramped space.

Information technology now remains to be seen what role Musk'due south team of engineers plays in rescuing the 12 trapped people who are at a grave hazard of suffocation due to decreasing oxygen levels and possibility of flooding due to rains.