Thailand Cave Rescue

[badbadboy]

Elon Musk to the rescue!

Using technology from the Falcon Rocket, SpaceX engineers have built a kid size submarine for use in Thailand.

https://arstechnica.com/science/201...escue-thailand-kids-heres-what-it-looks-like/

 

[clu]

Using technology from the Falcon Rocket, SpaceX engineers have built a kid size submarine for use in Thailand.

https://arstechnica.com/science/201...escue-thailand-kids-heres-what-it-looks-like/

I can't figure out why this thing would be superior to just dragging the kid in a face mask?

They say the path has lots of turns and is very narrow. The kid is going to be more bendable without being inside a torpedo, isn't he?

 

[80watts]

I would put the kid in a dry suit with a helmet to that the divers can talk to the kid. The biggest threat is the kid going spastic if he gets scared (panic). "we have a bend here, maintain contact with the rope, we are going up 10 feet."

And because they are cave diving the divers must pay attention to the depth of water they go through and normalize for pressure differences due to depth of water. This means taking breaks and waiting at certain depths from 10 to 30 minutes or longer in order to normalize the pressure in their bodies as they rise out of the depths of the cave. Cave diving and high altitude fresh water diving are specialties for divers and is not like diving 100 ft down in the sea.

 

[Fullhouse]

They brought out 4 more boys today, for a total of 8 boys rescued so far....:thumb: :clap2: :clap2:

4 more boys and their coach to bring out.
Lets all pray for their safety and rescue.

 

[wetnose]

8 kids saved, stupendous!

Meanwhile, in the US, only 2 out of the 102 kids previously seized from their parents have been reunited with their families.

 

[BobbyMcgee]

You are 100% correct Clu
wets suits tethered to lead diver
full face mask rebreather
rear diver to assist if needed
each boy and coach escorted
Last rescue 2 hours ago under way
plan is to bring remaining 5 out too
courageous and sacrificing coach
hooya

 

[Addison Cortez]

The movie may be out before they are - they'll have to send an agent in to work out a deal!
Best of luck!

:lol:

oh my gosh lol

 

[uncleg]

...and everybody is out......

 

[Robert Upndown]

Some medical and support staff still remain in the cave. Hopefully out tomorrow.

 

[clu]

Some medical and support staff still remain in the cave. Hopefully out tomorrow.

Can't quite tell when you wrote that since PERB's date stamps have been messed up for a few weeks, but as of late Tuesday morning Pacific time all the support personnel were also safely out.

 

[Robert Upndown]

Can't quite tell when you wrote that since PERB's date stamps have been messed up for a few weeks, but as of late Tuesday morning Pacific time all the support personnel were also safely
I STAND CORRECTED
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.was...73f7dc-83e6-11e8-9e06-4db52ac42e05_story.html

 

[clu]

On Elon Musk's kid submarine...

I can't figure out why this thing would be superior to just dragging the kid in a face mask?

They say the path has lots of turns and is very narrow. The kid is going to be more bendable without being inside a torpedo, isn't he?

Looks like one of the rescue divers thought much the same thing:

https://mobile.twitter.com/QTRResearch/status/1017914936289349635/video/1

Though not only is his opinion of greater authority than mine, he also puts it much more entertainingly.