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First of all,
Elon Musk was always booked. When a user has written to him on Twitter
and asked the boy trapped in a cave and their football coach
Helping Thailand tweeted the
Tech entrepreneur back : "I suspect the Thai government
Everything is under control. "He would like to help if there is a possibility
follows.
This
was the 4th of July. Only two and a half days later, Musk apparently found that he was helping
could: We started to build a double layer pressure capsule with Teflon coating,
he wrote, again
on Twitter . In a pool, you will be like that
Test as quickly as possible, if such a capsule could be used. July 8
he tweeted a video in
see the first exercises with the little submarine in a Californian swimming pool
are. The divers draw a metal like in the clip just a few seconds
Capsule on the bottom of the basin.
With
his new invention has turned one of the most prominent minds in Silicon Valley into the rescue of the Thai football team. for
Musk is not unusual: since then, the founder of PayPal at
Paid service, he is involved in all kinds of fields.
He runs SpaceX his own space business, tinkering
super fast train called Hyperloop and build by the way still electrically
cars with Tesla.
A capsule in which a child fits
he wants with his SpaceX engineers even in the current emergency
in Thailand help. Twelve sitting in the cave of Tham Luang since June 23
The boys aged 11 to 16 and their coach remained stuck. They wanted there
celebrate the birthday of a member of the team. But like a heavy rain
the exit was blocked for them. They slipped deeper and deeper into
the cave to escape the water. And sitting several kilometers since then
Quit firmly removed. On Sunday 8 July, after intensive preparation, specially trained divers were able to accompany four of the boys, trained in diving equipment, in the open air. The next day, four other boys were released in the same manner. Tuesday, another dive to start the rescue.
Die
Salvation is extremely difficult: around 1,000 emergency services are on the scene, 90 of which are divers. An experienced diver from the Thai Navy died on
Friday in the cave after bringing tanks of compressed air there. Furthermore
delayed new rain rescue attempts
again and again.
Elon
Musk and his team have now developed a prototype in an extremely short time, with which he wants to allow another type of rescue. Between his announcement on Twitter he could have a solution, and the first images of a first capsule have spent less than 48 hours. But until equipment of this type is used in Thailand, the rescue – so the stand Monday night – is probably over.
Musk calls his technique "Children's submarine"
– Even if the vehicle does not have its own drive. If such capsules were to be used for the moment, the boys remaining in the cave should make their way to the open air.
Do not swim or dive yourself. You just have to be in such a container
increase. A diver would prefer it, a
Another would push him from behind. In total, each of the capsules should 40 kilograms
weigh and have a diameter of 31 centimeters .
The weight straps are designed to prevent their buoyancy under water, six handles for rescuers slipping. First, Musk wrote that the construction should be made of Kevlar plastic. Later, he was no longer mentioned, now it was said that his engineers had used aluminum. Inside, a thin layer of neoprene must be installed: it is necessary to
isolate and protect the person in the cold capsule. Front and back, the engineers placed two connections for the air tanks. On the fuselage, they should have used compressed air transfer hoses,
A Falcon rocket from SpaceX is used. This would allow the boys to breathe without mouth, so the idea.
Developed
was the prototype, according to Elon Musk in consultation with speleologists
in Thailand. We have "good return"
get the entrepreneur writing on Twitter. According to the divers, the
already swam through the cave, could the capsules through
all Engen hover.
When contractors or other unofficial agencies involve themselves in rescue operations, this is not always welcome. This can happen with such initiatives that they hinder the work of the responsible rescuers. That's why it's important that all initiatives that want to get involved vote with them. It is not known if this occurred in the case of Musk's capsule. According to CNN, the Thai authorities have confirmed their cooperation only with engineers from its companies. But it is not the rescue capsule, but another technical badistance to recovery.
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