Thailand: Elon Musk Sends a SpaceX Crew and Boring Company to Save Boys Stuck in a Cave in Thailand

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WASHINGTON: Technological entrepreneur Elon Musk said Friday that he was sending engineers to SpaceX and Boring Co. to try to rescue a young football team trapped in a cave in Thailand.

The help offer of Musk comes amid a growing sense of urgency for the 12 boys and their trainer in a flooded cave on the mountainside.

@JamesWorldSpace SpaceX & Boring Co engineers are heading to Thailand tomorrow to see if we can be useful to the government. Ther … https://t.co/fEMwkYrXCj

– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 1530862961000

"There are probably a lot of complexities that are hard to appreciate without being there in person."

Thai authorities set out on a run for heavy rains trying to find a way to extract the group trapped for nearly two weeks in the troglodyte complex of Tham Luang in northern Thailand. saga that has pierced a nation.

Musk said that he was looking for ways to pump water from the cave or to pump air into the interior.

"Maybe worth trying out: insert a Nylon tube of 1m diameter (or shorter series of tubes for the most difficult sections) through the network of caves and inflate with air like an inflatable castle, "he said on Twitter .

He wrote earlier that Boring Co "has advanced the penetrating radar to the ground and is good enough to dig holes."

Musk, born in South Africa, launched the Tesla automaker and neuralink neurotechnology company in addition to SpaceX and Boring Co and became one of the richest individuals in the world after cashing PayPal.