Musk: building both an aluminium tube and rubber cocoon

From:: Elon Musk
Date:: July 7, 2018 (approximate within July 6-8, 2018; thread mixes Pacific and Thailand timestamps)
To:: Richard Stanton

Ok Building both a pressure resistant aluminium tube and a dry rubber cocoon. Baseline requirement is that whether the person is passed out or having a panic attack, they will still be fine. Also, no stray hoses that can get caught on anything or pulled out. Basically a straightjacket with an air feed. Is this roughly the right direction?

About this email

Musk describes the two designs his engineers are building and the baseline requirement that an unconscious or panicking child would still be safe.

Notes

Musk Decl. Ex. C (email chain with British cave diver Richard Stanton, July 6-8, 2018). The exhibit prints the chain newest-first with timestamps from two mail clients (Pacific time and Thailand time), so the exact send time of individual messages is uncertain; the date is a best reading. Transcribed from a scanned exhibit; minor OCR variance possible. Musk posted screenshots of part of this chain on Twitter on July 10, 2018. One reading of the exhibit shows a further stand-alone 'Ok' from Musk after Stanton's reply about the rubber cocoon.

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Court record; attribution confirmed.

SpaceX, outside & personal. Tags: thai-cave-rescue, mini-sub, richard-stanton, unsworth-case

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