Hello dear steemians!!
Yes you heard it right, this was just a PR stunt by Elon Musk.
One of the divers who had helped rescue 12 kids stuck in a Thai cave for 18 days, called Elon Musk's kid sized submarine, which he had offered to help a "PR Stunt" that "had no chance of working".
He had no understanding of what the cave passage was like & that it wouldn't have made the first 50 metres into the cave.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO caused quite a stir on social media platforms last week, when he essentially live-tweeted his plans to aid with the massive rescue mission/effort. That plan resulted into a kid-sized submarine, which Musk himself delivered to officials in Thailand.
Musk being Musk, the billionaire did not react that well when the media began reporting one rescue official's remarks, who described the submarine as "not practical." He unleashed one of his famed Twitter rants, saying, "based on extensive cave video review & discussion with several divers who know journey, SpaceX engineering is absolutely certain that the mini sub can do the entire journey & demonstrate at any time."
Local cave expert who was one of the very first on the scene, shot that notion down. He said the Musk designed metal tube was way too big and inflexible to make it around the narrow passages of the cave. "It wouldn't have made the first 50 meters into the cave," he said.
Ouch...
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