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Miners to be trapped for months - story worth following
« on: August 25, 2010, 04:21:33 PM »
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/chile/7962583/Trapped-Chile-miners-Nasa-asked-to-help-with-psychological-trauma.html

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They were not informed, however, that it could take until Christmas to be free them amid fears it could destroy their fragile psychological minds.

Doctors warned the real challenge would be to maintain sanity during the four months it could take to build an underground escape tunnel as it could cause...


It will be interesting to see what happens to these miners and how they cope. I think there will be lessons learned that we could all benefit from.
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Re: Miners to be trapped for months - story worth following
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2010, 07:04:56 PM »
I guess being on boat in the middle of no where is not that bad after all  :laughing005: I got nothing on those guys, but I do hope and pray they get them out safely.
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Re: Miners to be trapped for months - story worth following
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2010, 07:51:34 AM »
NASA should fund their rescue and then use the physcological data for a simulated mars journey.
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Re: Miners to be trapped for months - story worth following
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2010, 07:57:39 AM »
they did, NASA was one of the first agencies consulted for their long stay
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Re: Miners to be trapped for months - story worth following
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2010, 03:26:57 PM »
They could just run a DSL line down that tube with some laptops. That would solve the problem for me.
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« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2010, 05:53:08 AM »
I think they did, they got images of the guys playing dominoes, games all sorts of things I saw from this mornings news
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Re: Miners to be trapped for months - story worth following
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2010, 11:40:11 AM »
I'd send down a bunch of DVDs as well. The first two titles I'd send down are "The Shining", and "The Thing" (John Carpenter's remake, not the original).
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Re: Miners to be trapped for months - story worth following
« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2010, 03:02:13 PM »
that's just ..... twisted, evil  :laughing002:

I definitely wouldn't want opsec on my rescue team  :laughing002:
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« Reply #8 on: August 27, 2010, 03:31:51 PM »
I know a guy who works at McMurdo Station in Antarctica. He tells me they have a library of movies down there and "The Thing" is a permanent part of the collection.
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« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2010, 03:50:33 PM »
it would have to be........
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Re: Miners to be trapped for months - story worth following
« Reply #10 on: September 22, 2010, 10:23:02 AM »
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