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Offline Chris Bergin

Oh that was good. They took a close up view of the lunar surface, faded to the winch, faded to the shaft. Very clever.
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Re: Chilean miners trapped underground - NASA asked for help
« Reply #61 on: 10/14/2010 12:59 am »
Someone at the mine yesterday said that the rescue wouldn't be successful until the mine was empty.

5 people to go.

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Re: Chilean miners trapped underground - NASA asked for help
« Reply #62 on: 10/14/2010 01:04 am »
Now that the miners have been rescued, it's time for the Rescuers to remain vigilant, since there's still 5 people down there.  Great to see the operation going well, though.  Shows how careful and thorough planning pays off in the end with a successful operation.

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Re: Chilean miners trapped underground - NASA asked for help
« Reply #63 on: 10/14/2010 02:52 am »
All up! Including the 3 rescue workers. Done in 22 hours and 42 minutes (according to BBC).

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Re: Chilean miners trapped underground - NASA asked for help
« Reply #64 on: 10/14/2010 03:10 am »
1 more rescuer below.

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And up he's coming. Nice bow to the camera before he got into the capsule.
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Re: Chilean miners trapped underground - NASA asked for help
« Reply #66 on: 10/14/2010 03:23 am »
now that is what I call "reality TV"
One Percent for Space!!!

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And he's back. It's all over. That was epic!
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Re: Chilean miners trapped underground - NASA asked for help
« Reply #68 on: 10/14/2010 03:33 am »
And, he's out!  Congratulations to all involved, including those from NASA who helped.

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ISS crew gives congratulations and passes along their best wishes to the miners and the rescuers:


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Re: Chilean miners trapped underground - NASA asked for help
« Reply #70 on: 10/29/2010 02:36 am »
RELEASE: 10-284

PRESIDENT OBAMA AND NASA ADMINISTRATOR BOLDEN RECOGNIZE EMPLOYEES FOR ROLES IN CHILEAN MINER RESCUE

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama welcomed NASA Administrator
Charles Bolden and a NASA team that assisted trapped Chilean miners
to the Oval Office on Thursday for a ceremony that recognized
Americans involved in the rescue.

After the White House event, Bolden and Deputy Administrator Lori
Garver presented NASA's Exceptional Achievement Medal to five agency
employees who supported the rescue effort. The NASA Exceptional
Achievement Medal is awarded for a significant, specific
accomplishment or substantial improvement in operations, efficiency,
service, financial savings, science, or technology that contributes
to NASA's mission.

"We're greatly honored by the president's recognition of these
extraordinary NASA employees who assisted the Chilean miners," Bolden
said. "I'm sure they would be the first to tell you they were just
doing their jobs and nothing out of the ordinary, but the men and
women of NASA do extraordinary things each and every day."

The medal recipients are:
- Dr. Michael Duncan, deputy chief medical officer at NASA's Johnson
Space Center in Houston and team leader
- Dr. Albert Holland, operational psychologist at Johnson
- Dr. James Polk, medical officer at Johnson
- Clint Cragg, principal engineer for the NASA Engineering and Safety
Center at the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.
- Albert Condes, deputy associate administrator of the Office of
International and Interagency Affairs at NASA Headquarters in
Washington

The employees from Johnson and Langley traveled to Chile Aug. 30 -
Sept. 5 and visited the mine after discussions between the Chilean
government and Condes. The team consulted with a number of
organizations in Chile, including the Ministry of Health, Ministry of
Mining, the Chilean Navy and the Chilean Space Agency.

NASA provided technical advice to the Chilean government based on the
agency's long experience in protecting humans in the hostile
environment of space. NASA's initial support included recommendations
on medical care, nutrition and psychological support. The request for
later NASA support was broadened to include recommendations on the
design of a Chilean vehicle used to extract the miners. Consultations
continued between members of the NASA team and Chilean government
officials until the miners were rescued.

For information about NASA's support to the Chilean miner rescue
effort, visit:



http://www.nasa.gov/news/chile_assistance.html

       
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Jacques :-)

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Re: Chilean miners trapped underground - NASA asked for help
« Reply #71 on: 10/29/2010 04:34 am »
That's good to see!
PBS-NOVA ran a TV special on the whole ordeal Tuesday night here in the States.
It was cool to see Al Holland, as I worked with him on a NASA underwater mission over 20 years ago.  Didn't recognise him at first- he got old! :)
I remember he was not your 'typical psych'- had a frim grasp of systems & hardware along with the mental aspects.  A very good guy!

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Terrible news after a second explosion ends the hope for the 29 trapped miners in New Zealand.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11662533

Really sad. We've got a fair number of Kiwis on here, and I know a good number as my favorite band is from New Zealand. All good people.
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Offline mtakala24

Yeah, theres a big difference in the mines; the Chilean mine was a copper/gold mine and the mine in New Zealand was a coal mine. Coal mines produce methane and other toxic gasses much more.

Terrible news indeed. :(

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Re: Chilean miners trapped underground - NASA asked for help
« Reply #74 on: 11/25/2010 09:46 am »
Very tragic events. My heart goes out to the community in Greymouth and the West Cost.

Albeit, as a Kiwi I have to say that there was some heinous reporting of the tragedy here in New Zealand. The media were always willing to spend time reporting emotional families, but didn't seem to be willing to place much emphasis on the actual underlying facts. Lots of interpretation -- "oh, it's too dangerous to send rescuers in" -- but for some reason, they didn't seem to be sharing the full specific details behind why this was true. (Okay... In fairness this is primarily based upon the reporting of One News, which has gone downhill a bit over the last couple of years. I was also on holiday for the first couple of days -- but important information, like the attempts to telephone into the mine, were simply not recapped; I only learned about them after the second explosion. Very poor. I must admit to being quite angry due to the fact that the coordinating authorities wouldn't let volunteers go into the mine... No doubt the media were attempting to exploit this for dramatic effect -- if they had properly presented the already available hard evidence perhaps there wouldn't have been the same emotional response. Afterwards, I felt a bit like I had been strung along.)

Before someone critisises me: I am not willing to accept someone else's interpretation of the facts in these sorts of situations -- if someone wants me to believe something, they had better provide the underlying facts and rationale. I do not trust authority merely because it is authority. I would like to believe that I am sufficiently intellegent to make a decision for myself.

...Anyway; enough venting. I don't know anyone who has died or lost a loved one, so I don't really have much to complain about.
John

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