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Not letting obstacles (this time literal) stop him from pushing forward is what has made Elon so successful. He also owns a boring company, so there are many options here as to how this could have worked. Remember, they were talking about these boys being in there for months originally (and when Elon would have been preparing the game plan).

Even if this pod served to safely take the boys through the latter stages of the tunnels it could have been useful. An airbag isn't going to help me all that much if I drive off a cliff, but it saves lives in collisions. That Elon's pod wasn't the end-all solution to helping them doesn't have to be a detriment to his efforts.

Unfortunately, he managed to corrupt his efforts all on his own...

If I'm in an escape room with friends, I don't sit down with all of them at the end of it and point out all the things they tried that failed. Coming at the problem in as many angles as possible is normally what we're after, but it's harmful to dump on every attempt that hit a dead-end.