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I don't think you are quite understanding why people are negative towards Musk. It's not that he tried to help. It's how he went about it. He inserted himself into the problem, he turned it into a Tweetstorm PR campaign. And eventually came up with a "solution" that wasn't feasible. The people who were asked to come and help are the domain experts. Stay out of their way and let them do what they do best.

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From the article it sounded like the rocket sub was only part of what Musk tried to contribute, and he also offered tunneling equipment, an escape tube system idea, and advanced ground penetrating radar. No matter how feasible any of these were, or if he went about it in a tacky way, it's a lot more than I did.

But, understand that you don't have to do anything. The rescuers are trained to do what they did. It is perfectly ok to let them do what they do.

And batteries for any power equipment like pumps.

" And eventually came up with a "solution" that wasn't feasible."

Please don't comment if you don't even know the sequence of events in Thailand. The rescue started sooner than expected. Had there been a longer wait there would have been time to iterate on ideas.

I'm going by what was reported by the rescuers.

How desperate are you to defend this guy that you repeatedly post the same information which, hilariously, contradicts a rescuer on the ground. So much astroturfing.

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