Musk: capsule parts being assembled and tested

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

Sounds good, will continue. Parts are being assembled and will undergo testing in water in a few hours. Will send pics and video. However, don't want to put it on a plane if you think there are important changes needed. Operating principle is same as spacecraft design - no loss of life even with two failures.

About this email

Musk tells Stanton the capsule will be water-tested within hours and that it follows the spacecraft principle of tolerating two failures.

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.

Where it came from

Court record; attribution confirmed.

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

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