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NASA Helped Rescue Miners

In the Chilean winter of 2010 thirty-three miners were trapped half a mile below the surface. They were in a hostile environment, a confined space, reliant on supplies from outside - some of the same problems as a space mission. Find out how NASA's decades of experience helped the Chilean rescuers.

Wow. That was a mission Only NASA could perform... Be it Deep in the universe or deep within the earth...

Great topical article Mona. Well worth a read for anyone who hasn't yet read it