Navy Seals race launch cave rescue.

[OrangeHead]

Elon Musk defamation lawsuit to proceed - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/19/b...n-lawsuit.html

Here's hoping he gets punished for creating an unfortunate distraction from a great story.

Incidentally I've just read James Massola's "The Great Cave Rescue" which was a good read and shed some new (for me) light on the political and cultural context of the rescue.

[Neilwood]

For anyone interested, the defamation case starts today.

The legal filing makes for interesting reading with Musk repeating the statements even when presented with information & advice to the contrary- Forbes link

[BenL]

Tool.

[cazyoung]

I hope Mr Unsworth gets a very good settlement Musk probably need to take a ride on a spaceX without a capsule.............

[Neilwood]

I hope Mr Unsworth gets a very good settlement Musk probably need to take a ride on a spaceX without a capsule.............

Agreed. The compensatory damages claim is quite small at $75,000 but who knows what the compensatory damages will be. My hope is that Mr Unsworth and his wife are able to live a good comfortable life on the basis of the payout.

[jamesp]

Agreed. The compensatory damages claim is quite small at $75,000 but who knows what the compensatory damages will be. My hope is that Mr Unsworth and his wife are able to live a good comfortable life on the basis of the payout.

What is Musk hoping to achieve with fighting it?

Stand up, admit "I was a cock", pay legal costs, and he could probably settle it for a good meal and with better PR.

[cazyoung]

What is Musk hoping to achieve with fighting it?

Stand up, admit "I was a cock", pay legal costs, and he could probably settle it for a good meal and with better PR.

He is an arrogant barsteward who can never back down and admit a mistake. Bit like Randy Andy really...............

[OrangeHead]

Just finished Liam Cochrane's 'The Cave' - also a good read.
It's given me an appetite for kao pad krapao though :-)

[BenL]

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...sworth-apology

I've not gained any sympathy for Musk, but this is turning into a shitfest for Unsworth.

Why didn't he just say "It's highly unlikely a six-foot long rigid "submarine" was an unlikely rescue vessel in a convoluted cave passage"?



It's all a bit unseemly.

[Allan Carr]

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...sworth-apology

I've not gained any sympathy for Musk, but this is turning into a shitfest for Unsworth.

Why didn't he just say "It's highly unlikely a six-foot long rigid "submarine" was an unlikely rescue vessel in a convoluted cave passage"?



It's all a bit unseemly.

Not the best choice of words but when Musk stormed in and effectively said he was taking over, it was hardly the most diplomatic thing to do either.