Elon Musk's Team Is Talking With Thai Officials for Cave Rescue (bloomberg.com)

Posted by msmash on Thursday July 5, 2018 @07:40AM from the musk-to-the-rescue dept.

Representatives for Elon Musk are in talks with Thai authorities about aiding in the rescue of a boys' soccer team stuck in a cave, said a spokesman for the billionaire. From a report: Musk's companies could help by trying to locate the boys' precise location using Space Exploration Technologies or Boring Co. technology, pumping water or providing heavy-duty battery packs known as Tesla Powerwalls, the spokesman said. It's unclear whether Thai officials will accept the offer. Twelve boys and their coach, who had been missing since last month, were found by a pair of British cave divers late Monday. Efforts to rescue them are hampered by narrow passageways and rising waters in the cave system. Most of the boys cannot swim.

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Re: Good grief by Train0987 · 2018-07-05 09:10 · Score: 0, Troll

$4.9 billion in subsidies as of three years ago, and still counting.
"Tesla Motors Inc., SolarCity Corp. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, together have benefited from an estimated $4.9 billion in government support, according to data compiled by The Times. The figure underscores a common theme running through his emerging empire: a public-private financing model underpinning long-shot start-ups."
http://www.latimes.com/busines...
Solarcity is winding down now, by the way. He hid his ownership interest and then had Tesla shareholders bail him out by acquiring it. Now they are on the hook for Solarcity's billions in debt coming due in a few months.