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'''Elon Musk's submarine''' was a small ] designed at the request of ] to aid effors to rescue a group of boys an one adult ] in June and July 2018.<ref name=":0" /> While the submarine was ultimately never used, and the people in the cave were rescued by rescue divers with help of ], the initiative caught attention among the already heavy ] of the incident.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mystatesman.com/news/opinion/commentary-kids-suffer-worldwide-why-are-the-thai-boys-special/ChNvORJaGv5CbpZImfRnWL/|title=Commentary: Kids suffer worldwide. So, why are the Thai boys special?|work=mystatesman|access-date=2018-08-11|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/07/how-to-truly-understand-elon-musk|title=Elon Musk: Genius, Jesus, or “the Best Used-Car Salesman on Earth”?|last=Bilton|first=Nick|work=The Hive|access-date=2018-08-11|language=en}}</ref> |
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Musk, responding to requests for help from ] users,<ref>{{cite web|title=Elon Musk joins effort to free Thai boys from cave, as immediate diving attempt ruled out|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/06/elon-musk-joins-effort-free-thai-boys-cave-immediate-diving|archivedate=6 July 2018}}</ref> ordered engineers from two of his companies to design a "kid-sized" submarine to help the rescue effort and publicised the process via Twitter.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://slate.com/technology/2018/07/elon-musk-is-trying-to-aid-the-thai-cave-rescue-by-sending-engineers-and-brainstorming-on-twitter.html|title=Elon Musk Is Trying to Aid the Thai Cave Rescue by Sending His Engineers and Brainstorming on Twitter|last=Glaser|first=April|work=Slate|access-date=8 July 2018|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707234959/https://slate.com/technology/2018/07/elon-musk-is-trying-to-aid-the-thai-cave-rescue-by-sending-engineers-and-brainstorming-on-twitter.html|archivedate=7 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/7/17544452/elon-musk-spacex-thailand-cave-soccer-team-kid-sized-submarine-rescue|title=Elon Musk says SpaceX is building a ‘kid-sized submarine’ to rescue trapped soccer team|work=The Verge|access-date=8 July 2018|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708015003/https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/7/17544452/elon-musk-spacex-thailand-cave-soccer-team-kid-sized-submarine-rescue|archivedate=8 July 2018}}</ref> Engineers at Musk's companies ] and ] built the mini-submarine out of a ] liquid oxygen transfer tube <ref>{{cite news |last1=Ferris |first1=Robert |title=Elon Musk says his 'mini-submarine' can be used for other things |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/10/elon-musk-says-his-mini-submarine-can-be-used-for-other-things.html |accessdate=13 July 2018 |publisher=CNBC |date=10 July 2018}}</ref> and personally delivered it to Thailand. In case the mini-submarine could not fit through the cave system, Elon Musk also requested Wing Inflatables, a California-based inflatable boat manufacturer, to build inflatable escape pods. The pods were designed, fabricated, and tested in one day before being flown to Thailand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://madriverunion.com/arcatas-wing-inflatables-spacex-collaborate-on-thailand-cave-rescue/|title=Arcata’s Wing Inflatables, SpaceX collaborate on Thailand cave rescue|website=''madriverunion.com''|accessdate=19 July 2018|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709215725/https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-thailand-cave-rescue-wing-inflatables/|archivedate=9 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-thailand-cave-rescue-wing-inflatables/|title=Answering Elon Musk's call for help to build Thailand’s cave rescue pod in 24 hours|website=''teslarati.com''|accessdate=10 July 2018|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709215725/https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-thailand-cave-rescue-wing-inflatables/|archivedate=9 July 2018}}</ref> By this time, eight of the twelve children had already been rescued and Thai authorities decided not to use the submarine, describing it as technologically impressive but impractical.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thai cave rescue: Elon Musk delivers tiny submarine, rescuers say no thanks |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-10/thai-cave-rescue-elon-musk-submarine-wont-be-needed/9965698 |accessdate=10 July 2018 |publisher=ABC News |date=10 July 2018 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710130142/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-10/thai-cave-rescue-elon-musk-submarine-wont-be-needed/9965698 |archivedate=10 July 2018}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jul/10/elon-musk-queries-expertise-of-thai-cave-rescue-officials|title=Elon Musk queries expertise of Thai cave rescue officials|last=Rawlinson|first=Kevin|date=10 July 2018|website=The Guardian|language=en-GB|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref> |
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== Design and operation == |
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The device was named “Wild Boar” after the children’s soccer team.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://hackaday.com/2018/07/17/lets-talk-about-elon-musks-submarine/|title=Let’s Talk About Elon Musk’s Submarine|date=2018-07-17|work=Hackaday|access-date=2018-08-11|language=en-US}}</ref> It is a five-foot-long sealed tube weighting about 90 pounds. The hull was an already built ] transfer tube for the company's ] rocket. With no propulsion of its own, it was intended to be pulled by divers through the cave system. |
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The head of the device is a cone that protects the air lines point of attachment and may guide the hull in the narrow passages of the cave. The rear hatch is an transparent acrylic disc that would allow divers to see the occupant. |
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== Viability == |
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The supervisor of the rescue operation Narongsak Osatanakorn dismissed the submarine as “not practical for this mission”. The British rescue caver, Vern Unsworth, who had been exploring the cave for the past six years and who had originally located the trapped football team, said that Musk's idea "had absolutely no chance of working....the submarine, I believe, was about five foot six long, rigid, so it wouldn’t have gone round corners or round any obstacles. It wouldn’t have made the first 50 metres into the cave from the dive start point."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/thai-cave-rescue-elon-musk-mini-submarine-british-driver-tham-luang-vern-unsworth-a8447166.html|title=Elon Musk can 'stick his submarine where it hurts', says British caver who helped rescue Thai schoolboys|author=Chris Baynes|date=14 July 2018|accessdate=14 July 2018|website=Independent}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2018/07/15/elon-musk-thai-rescue-diver-pedo-guy/|title=Elon Musk Calls Diver in Thai Soccer Team Rescue a Pedophile|date=15 July 2018|accessdate=15 July 2018|author=David Z. Morris|website=Fortune}}</ref> Richard Stanton, leader of the international diving team, had earlier urged Musk to continue construction of the mini-submarine as a back-up, in case the flooding worsened.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1016684366083190785|title=Richard Stanton email correspondence |website=''twitter.com''|accessdate=19 July 2018|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718112856/https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1016684366083190785|archivedate=18 July 2018}}</ref> |
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The device could safely hold an occupant, but it was not clear that it could have been used at this operation, as its rigid body was only slightly smaller than the narrowest passages in the cave.<ref name=":1" /> |
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== Media coverage and Musk's behavior == |
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== References == |
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