The attempted deliverance of 12 boys and their soccer double-decker from a Thai cave has captivated the macrocosm . So when billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk announce that he was going to help , some in the tech community beamed with pride . But Musk ’s Thai adventure is look more and more cockamamy with each passing day .
Rescue chief Narongsak Osatanakorn toldthe BBCthat “ the equipment they brought to facilitate us is not practical with our mission . ” Musk ’s idea for a “ child - sized ” submarine had make ridicule from some quarters for its unfitness to pilot the miserly spaces that the recoverer are meet .
“ Even though their equipment is technologically advanced , it does n’t gibe with our mission to go in the cave , ” Osatanakorn said about Musk ’s engineering team .
The boy , cured 11 - 16 , are all fellow member of the Wild Boars soccer squad and had been immobilize in the cave since June 23rd . The oversupply 2.5 - mile musical passage curvature and becomes so tight in some area that plunger are forced to carry their oxygen tanks in front of them . return those constraint , a big tube like Musk ’s seems very airy .
Eleven boys have been rescue from the cave as of 6:20am ET this dayspring , which intend that there ’s just one more boy and the 25 - year - sure-enough autobus that still need to be extracted . A former Thai Navy SEAL diver , 38 - year - old Saman Gunan died on July 6th while trying tosave the team .
Musk , the father of SpaceX and Tesla , move around to Thailand yesterday , tweeting that he was standing by in lawsuit the Thai deliverer need him . But the delivery team has more or less say “ thanks , but no thanks . ”
“ Just repay from Cave 3 , ” Musk tweetedyesterday . “ Mini - sub is quick if needed . It is made of projectile contribution & make Wild Boar after minor ’ association football team . leave here in case it may be useful in the future . ”
Musk ’s efforts , while perhaps well - intentioned , have been met with uttermost agnosticism every step of the way . His attempts to brainstorm ideas on Twitter were particularly unusual to some observers .
“ With all due respect to Mr. Musk , I am not certain that he or his engineers have a tangible good handle on exactly what they ’re dealing with in this especial berth , ” Anmar Mirza from the National Speleological Society ’s National Cave Rescue Commission recentlytold Slate .
As if it was n’t a circus already , Hollywood producer are reportedly in Thailand hoping to fasten rights for the write up . According tothe BBC , a US company call Pure Flix has send manufacturer Michael Scott and Adam Smith to the region .
“ There ’s going to be other production companies coming in so we have to roleplay pretty chop-chop , ” Smith reportedly enjoin .
It seems like nobody is willing to permit a good disaster go to waste .
[ BBC ]
Update , 7:38am : Multiple news outlet are reporting that the last male child has been savedfrom the cave , and the only soul who still needs to be pulled out is their coach .
Update , 7:55am : The Associated Press is report that the coach is nowout as well . What a relief .
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