Video: Elon Musk is INSIDE Tham Luang cave testing rescue sub

[elgenon]

I like his CAN DO attitude.

[Naroge]

1 hour ago, Spidey said:

Who asked him? The spirit in the sky?

To your very constructive comment I have a straight forward reply.

[tropo]

Just now, Oziex1 said:

Mini sub is cool, just seems a bit unnecessary at this late stage when plan A seems to be working fine.

Obviously, it takes time to build new tech. They probably started on this project about a week ago, after the kids were first found. At that point, there was no certainty about how the kids were going to be extracted. They certainly had no idea about the current success of a dive-out extraction.

[ross163103]

Kind of off topic but I've heard a rumour they put the kids to sleep to get them out. Not sure, but I was wondering about all the secrecy on why news and parents weren't allowed to see them right away. Thinking about it; it would be pretty frightening for a non swimmer to go through something like that. I've seen non swimmers panickkng in a swimming pool in broad daylight let alone a pitch dark cave with coffee colored water.

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[Kieran00001]

3 hours ago, Oziex1 said:

I kinda like Musk but don't care for this gratuitous self promotion at this time. 

 

He was requested to help, that would not meet the criteria of a self promotion any more than an ambulance driver advertising the EMS on the side on their vans.

[chivo]

Musk started working on one possible solution when there was no clear one. The dive team acted faster than many of us thought. But what if they hadn’t? 

[Dario]

13 minutes ago, elgenon said:

I like his CAN DO attitude.

Second that, a relentless inventor. He set this thing up in an absolute record time. We NEED people like him. When his first Tesla came out, the world was in awe. Now the whole world copies him. Of course it's PR for him, but who really cares? The people who envy him.

[flyingdoc]

Late but still possible to use the mini submarine if circumstances change, though not necessarily to bring any of the remaining boys and their coach out !  There is still an enormous amount of equipment that will need to be retrieved.

[lionsincity]

he shows up when the boys are nearly all out

 

it should be obvious to anyone with a brain what this media whore is up to

[Sheryl]

One account I read said it is not flexible enough to use for this. The narrowest spaces are only 38 cm and sharply angled.

Thai Navy might find some future use for it though.

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[NextStationBangkok]

That is a great mission!

 

Thank you Elon Musk!

[bubba]

1 minute ago, lionsincity said:

he shows up when the boys are nearly all out

 

it should be obvious to anyone with a brain what this media whore is up to

It was designed, built, tested and delivered to Chiang Rai in less than four days.

 

"Media whore"?

 

No press conference, no interviews, no news release, no press informed of his arrival and the only photo we have of him in Thailand is the one posted here of the back of his head. 

 

For a media whore, he really isn't getting much bang for his bucks.

[allane]

I have no particular opinion on Elon Musk, but think he should be given the benefit of the doubt. He was in China a day or two ago, so thought he would come down to Thailand while he was relatively nearby.

[Gtto]

If self promotion would help save lives you can do all he self promotion you want. Not saying that they will use this to save lives but that is not my point. It isn't necessary to be selfless in order to do good.

[ttrd]

3 hours ago, Topdoc said:

Surely it would be unwise to change the rescue strategy now.

Unless a significant change in the condition of healt, weather and/or other that may make it useable. So anyway it can be good as a back-up solution there or on another location in the future. 

[impulse]

23 minutes ago, chivo said:

Musk started working on one possible solution when there was no clear one. The dive team acted faster than many of us thought. But what if they hadn’t? 

 

+1

 

As I recall, they were in the process of shipping 4 months' worth of food to the kids when Musk's plan was hatched.  Even he conceded that it was a backup plan.

 

Besides, the guy sold a ton of plane tickets to Thailand and lots of hotel rooms with his simple "Thailand is so beautiful" remark at the end of his tweet.  Even if the device isn't used, just the publicity is helping Thai tourism.

 

[Andaman Al]

For all the haters. Elon Musk does not need any publicity stunts, he is at the global cutting edge of space exploration with tech way beyond what NASA or the Chinese have delivered. I imagine his team have designed and codged together this submarine in the last week or so from scratch, hence the delayed arrival. As one member put it, he is the closest thing to Tony Stark we have. His intervention should be celebrated, he is busy trying to get mankind to colonize space and he came himself. There are others who have not taken the time to visit.

[happy chappie]

Elon musk,sounds like some sort of vapour that comes off a camels nuts.famous for inventing the biggest pressurised dildo in the world.i know he tried to help but it was a little bit too late and would only of complicated matters.anyway respect to him for giving up his time and trying to help.now all he needs to do is get that name sorted out.

[Laza 45]

3 hours ago, Oziex1 said:

I kinda like Musk but don't care for this gratuitous self promotion at this time. 

http://www.theshovel.com.au/2018/07/10/elon-musk-travels-to-thailand-to-help-extract-publicity/?wp-nocache=true

[Calvinx]

Quote

American tech entrepreneur Elon Musk 

Hehehehe, thats a hoot, Elon Musk is NOT an American, he is a South African Immigrant who lives in America........

[lionsincity]

22 minutes ago, bubba said:

It was designed, built, tested and delivered to Chiang Rai in less than four days.

 

"Media whore"?

 

No press conference, no interviews, no news release, no press informed of his arrival and the only photo we have of him in Thailand is the one posted here of the back of his head. 

 

For a media whore, he really isn't getting much bang for his bucks.

 

he has 22 million twitter followers + all the other media that picks it up........including TV

[tropo]

24 minutes ago, lionsincity said:

he shows up when the boys are nearly all out

 

it should be obvious to anyone with a brain what this media whore is up to

Where's your brain? They discovered the children on Monday, July 2. It should be very obvious to anyone with a brain that you need time to build new inventions like this mini-sub. At the time construction started there was no firm plan for how the children were going to be extracted.

[Dario]

25 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

One account I read said it is not flexible enough to use for this. The narrowest spaces are only 38 cm and sharply angled.

Thai Navy might find some future use for it though.

Sent from my SM-J701F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app
 

Just read the same on the Swiss BLICK tabloid. According to them,  Mr. Narongsak Osottanakorn was the one who said  that it is unfit for the job. 

 

[impulse]

10 minutes ago, Calvinx said:

Hehehehe, thats a hoot, Elon Musk is NOT an American, he is a South African Immigrant who lives in America........

 

In 2002, he became an American citizen.  So he's an American. 

 

That's the beauty of the USA.  It's a melting pot.  We even welcome billionaires with funky names.

 

[The manic]

3 hours ago, Oziex1 said:

I kinda like Musk but don't care for this gratuitous self promotion at this time. 

Cynical opportunism 

[Kieran00001]

20 minutes ago, happy chappie said:

Elon musk,sounds like some sort of vapour that comes off a camels nuts.famous for inventing the biggest pressurised dildo in the world.i know he tried to help but it was a little bit too late and would only of complicated matters.anyway respect to him for giving up his time and trying to help.now all he needs to do is get that name sorted out.

 

Yeah, loads of respect you just showed him.  And his name, really?  Are you eight years old?

Edited July 10, 2018 by Kieran00001

[impulse]

2 minutes ago, The manic said:

3 hours ago, Oziex1 said:

I kinda like Musk but don't care for this gratuitous self promotion at this time. 

Cynical opportunism 

 

What a bunch of haters. 

 

[Bangkok Ape]

27 minutes ago, Andaman Al said:

For all the haters. Elon Musk does not need any publicity stunts, he is at the global cutting edge of space exploration with tech way beyond what NASA or the Chinese have delivered. I imagine his team have designed and codged together this submarine in the last week or so from scratch, hence the delayed arrival. As one member put it, he is the closest thing to Tony Stark we have. His intervention should be celebrated, he is busy trying to get mankind to colonize space and he came himself. There are others who have not taken the time to visit.

Bullsh*t, he's a showman, a marketeer, a used car salesman.

 

Tony Stark lolz, grow up. Have you read how he treats unions and workers? 

 

Most of his achievements are vaporware. 

 

Showing up here is simply VILE and totally inappropriate.

 

This Tweet sums it up best:

 

"Elon Musk is making a big show of reaching for his wallet after the bill has been paid."

Edited July 10, 2018 by Bangkok Ape

[jaiyen]

Once the kids are out safely then they can test his mini sub while the experts are there on site. It may be a life saver in the future if it is found to be useable

[NeilSA1]

3 hours ago, pegman said:

What if one of those remaining kids becomes incapacitated? What then smart guy? How long would this project have taken to produce? Days or a week, not hours. Plus fly it over personally all at his own expense. At the risk of sounding Trump like I'll just say, "Great Canadian guy, EH!".

Born and bred in South Africa actually.