The tweet archive.

“Thanks @palicharterhigh for letting us use your pool”

“@imscoops It is an honor to work with them”

“With some mods, this could also work as an escape pod in space”

“https://t.co/D1umiFDr1t”

“@IAmJohnMcMahon I want to know who is running the Etherium scambots! Mad skillz …”

“@DocJohnG @PewellaClarke @dcliem It is both alarming & explanatory that you run a psych ward”

“@KyleBrubaker Diver weight belts wrapped around outside. Mini-sub only weighs ~40kg dry, so easy to carry on long dry sections of cave, then add weight belts for wet sections.”

“@PPathole @JimmyVosika @dcliem Yeah, that sounds cool. Music makes things better. Calms the mind. Adding padded wall pockets for a hand radio & phone/music player.”

“@astrography__ @dcliem Aluminum shell has high thermal conductivity, so will be close to ambient. If ambient is cold, a thin layer of neoprene insulation around interior will keep occupant warm.”

“@dcliem https://t.co/jL2sPT0NCp”

“@dcliem Buoyancy adjusted by strapping diver weight belts around body of capsule. They’re prevented from sliding off by the 6 diver handhold attachments.”

“@MontanaSeptic @dcliem Testing for 3 more hours in LA, then it’s on a plane to Thailand”

“@dcliem Design based on dive team feedback (primarily Stanton): 4 air / oxygen ports front & rear, front ports protected by nosecone. Dual O-ring seal on acrylic rear plate with clear view of occupant head. Leak/buckling proof to 10X cave water pressure.”

“@vcastillo630 @adblanche I am an engineer”

“@annerajb @kulpability @sivarajkumar237 @KO_Sulli @Grady_Booch @slashdot Tight control code is always C”

“@annerajb @sivarajkumar237 @KO_Sulli @Grady_Booch @slashdot Python is done right. Great name story too.”

“@DocJohnG @dcliem If I am a narcissist (which might be true), at least I am a useful one”

“@sivarajkumar237 @KO_Sulli @Grady_Booch @slashdot 🖤🖤🖤 Python 🖤🖤🖤”

“@dcliem Pretty close. There is a nosecone on the front to protect against rocks impacting fwd air hoses with a hole on the side for hoses to exit.”

“@KO_Sulli @Grady_Booch @slashdot Turbo”

“@Grady_Booch @slashdot C”

“@ayshardzn Given Chiang Rai airport hours, soonest we could’ve departed US was an hour ago, but cave now closed for diver rescue. Will continue testing in LA in case needed later or for somewhere else in future.”

“@DowdEdward Will do. Even if not useful here, perhaps it will be in a future situation.”

“Extremely talented dive team. Makes sense given monsoon. Godspeed. https://t.co/t5XRo3gTxK https://x.com/bbcbreaking/status/1015811558851661825”

“@slashdot Yes”

“@dirkbonhomme @JelteDesign @maysacha Yes”

“@JelteDesign @maysacha Fitted for a kid or small adult to minimize open air. Segmented compartments to place rocks or dive weights & adjust bouyancy.”

“@abroadwithalec @maysacha Yes”

“@maysacha 4 handles/hitch points on front & 4 on rear. 2 air tank connections on front & 2 on rear, allowing 1 to 4 tanks simultaneously connected, all recessed for impact protection w secondary cap seal if leak develops.”

“@thanr @ablack82 I’m in LA working with the SpaceX team building the kid mini-sub”

“@aiyanaskye Construction complete in about 8 hours, then 17 hour flight to Thailand”

“Continue to be amazed by the bravery, resilience & tenacity of kids & diving team in Thailand. Human character at its best.”

“Got more great feedback from Thailand. Primary path is basically a tiny, kid-size submarine using the liquid oxygen transfer tube of Falcon rocket as hull. Light enough to be carried by 2 divers, small enough to get through narrow gaps. Extremely robust.”

“@VoltzCoreAudio Ground winds would”

“@VoltzCoreAudio Yes. All-weather. ~300km/h high altitude winds. ~60km/h ground winds. It’s a beast.”

“@jevjack1 Can’t be too buoyant”

“Some good feedback from cave experts in Thailand. Iterating with them on an escape pod design that might be safe enough to try. Also building an inflatable tube with airlocks. Less likely to work, given tricky contours, but great if it does.”

“@ArkadiuszKula @JL2579 @MattyIce4412 @thanr @JamesWorldSpace Good idea”

“@JL2579 @MattyIce4412 @thanr @JamesWorldSpace Prob wise to add an air tank (butt end fwd to take impacts) in nose of pod & vent valve in rear. Set air tank to slow bleed rate, then no need for SCUBA mouthpiece or regulator. Training unnecessary & less susceptible to panic attack.”

“@LittleMissFlint You’re welcome. Happy birthday! 🎁🎉🎂”

“@MattyIce4412 @thanr @JamesWorldSpace Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about in that tweet — double-layer Kevlar pressure pod with Teflon coating. Other approach is a long inflatable air sock. Both worth trying.”

“@williamwinters @austinhopperrrr @maysacha @thanr @JamesWorldSpace Exactly. You can put socks on your feet the same way. There would be no relative motion between the tube & rock wall.”

“@jeremysliew It’s open so that others who are closer to the problem can consider this as one possible solution”

“@siwgrindaker @erikveen Should be possible to increase the air inflow rate above the leak rate, unless there is a very big hole. If oxygen % is dropping, suggests that leak holes are not large.”

“@erikveen I would def recommend this”

“@thanr @JamesWorldSpace Building double-layer Kevlar pressure pods with Teflon coating to slip by rocks & front/rear rope tow hitch & lead pockets for neutral buoyancy. ~60 cm oval. Testing this aft in a pool with a subject who has never done SCUBA. Do the divers think something like this might work?”

“@bonnienorman @TeslaBull @trippedover Interesting”

“@thanr @JamesWorldSpace Great, thanks”

“@JamesWorldSpace Inflatable tubes & pods being made out of Kevlar for better abrasion resistance. A SpaceX engineer happens to be in Thailand & is headed there now. Could one of the divers DM me? Need approx contour of most difficult sections for tube fab.”

“@ladykayaker @JamesWorldSpace So long as air pressure in tube higher than water pressure, air will blow out & water won’t come in”