Well, it wasn’t a rocket, it was at least not as crazy as that, it was some more vaguely credible looking mini-sub enclosure.
It was still stupid, as the diver explained manipulating a still-big, inflexible mini sub through the cave system was not going to work nearly as well as just having scuba gear.
Elon wanted to save the day and got all pissy that his idea was rightly called out as stupid, even if folks were willing to risk waiting for SpaceX to come save the day.
The mini sub idea had no credibility. It wasn’t that it would be difficult to get it through, it was impossible. The cave had several restrictions that a body sized sub could not fit through
There was no one in the world better suited to get those kids out than Dr. Richard Harris, and he did exactly that with the help of dozens of other rescuers
Harris is an anesthesiologist who happens to be a world class cave diver with a deep knowledge on dive physiology. He later went on to do some groundbreaking work using hydrogen and oxygen mixtures for deep diving
Well, it wasn’t a rocket, it was at least not as crazy as that, it was some more vaguely credible looking mini-sub enclosure.
It was still stupid, as the diver explained manipulating a still-big, inflexible mini sub through the cave system was not going to work nearly as well as just having scuba gear.
Elon wanted to save the day and got all pissy that his idea was rightly called out as stupid, even if folks were willing to risk waiting for SpaceX to come save the day.
The mini sub idea had no credibility. It wasn’t that it would be difficult to get it through, it was impossible. The cave had several restrictions that a body sized sub could not fit through
There was no one in the world better suited to get those kids out than Dr. Richard Harris, and he did exactly that with the help of dozens of other rescuers
Harris is an anesthesiologist who happens to be a world class cave diver with a deep knowledge on dive physiology. He later went on to do some groundbreaking work using hydrogen and oxygen mixtures for deep diving
If I remember correctly the sub was supposed to be built from repurposed rocket parts?
Yes, but it didn’t matter what hebmade itnout of. Any rigid shell would have been unable to fit through the restrictions in that cave