INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
In a series of late night/early morning tweets, Elon Musk offered up engineers from Space X and the Boring Company to help the soccer team
trapped in a Thailand cave
Musk began by suggesting a potential solution to help rescue the team and their coach who went missing late last month
As he noted, the Boring Company in particular has quite a bit of experience digging holes and working with ground penetrating radar
He then announced that he would be offer up help in the form of engineers from two of his companies.
SpaceX Boring Co engineers headed
to Thailand tomorrow to see if we can be helpful to govt
There are probably many complexities that are hard to appreciate without being there in person.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 6,
2018
&SpaceX Boring Co engineers headed to Thailand tomorrow to see if we can be helpful to govt,& Musk tweeted
&There are probably many complexities that are hard to appreciate without being there in person.&
A spokesperson for the latter confirmed
the plan, writing,
We are speaking with the Thai government to see how we can help, and we are sending SpaceX/Boring Company people from
the US to Thailand today to offer support on the ground.&Once we confirm what exactly will be helpful to send or do, we will
We are getting feedback and guidance from the people on the ground in Chiang Rai to determine the best way for us to assist their
efforts.&
The attempted rescue from the Tham Luang cave complex has proven difficult and deadly
Just last night, it was revealed that a form Thai Navy SEAL diver died bringing tanks of air to the 12 boys and their coach.