Musk proposes kid-size submarine to save Thai boys

Trial run: Divers swimming while carrying a device by Musk’s SpaceX and The Boring Company in a pool in Los Angeles. — Reuters

Bangkok: American tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has proposed a mini-submarine to save the boys trapped inside a flooded Thai cave, floating the idea on social media while linking it to his space exploration business.

After garnering headlines with initial ideas of installing a giant air tube inside the cave complex and using his firm’s penetrating radar to dig holes to reach the boys, Musk’s latest concept is the pod.