The Thai government responded to Elon Musk, and said his submarine idea is 'not practical' for the cave rescue

Musk has floated a number of ways to rescue the Thai soccer team stuck in a cave, and sent engineers to the site.
His latest proposal was a small, child-sized submarine which he brought to Thailand.
The man coordinating the rescue praised the "sophisticated" tech, but said it was "not practical."
The Thai prime minister said he was
Musk said that he would leave the mini-submarine in Thailand "in case it may be useful in the future."

Elon Musk has floated a variety of ways to help free the members of the Thai soccer team — but his kid-sized submarine has been politely turned down for being "not practical" for the mission.

Musk has offered the rescue mission assistance from his companies, and engineers from two of Musk's companies, SpaceX and Boring Co., were sent to Thailand. Musk himself also visited the site.

But his latest contribution – a small, child-sized submarine – was ultimately not suited to the rescue mission.

Narongsak Osatanakorn, the head of the joint command center who has been coordinating the operation, told reporters: "Although his technology is good and sophisticated it’s not practical for this mission," according to The Guardian and the BBC.

Musk later tweeted correspondence between himself and Richard Stanton, a diving expert who helped run the rescue mission, in which he was told that the submarine could be used if conditions worsened.

According to a screenshot, Stanton told him to "please keep working on" the submarine designed, just in case. As it happened, the rescue went smoothly without Musk's technology playing a part.

A spokesperson for Thai Prime Minister