Chilean rescue mission on BBC news in 6 hours

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They will be broadcasting the claustrophobic journey in the capsule at around 12.15am on the BBC news channel for anyone interested. I think each journey lasts about 20 minutes, the capsule moving at 3 metres a second, and they've fed the miners a liquid diet in preparation.
 
lets hope they don't resemble a
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after 2months underground
 
Hopefully I can watch this tonight. Would love to see them make it out.

Although I've heard stories of companies like Rayban offering them sunglasses to wear on the way out as a bit of free advertising. Not sure that's appropriate really! Can anyone confirm/deny this?
 
Yes looks like I got that wrong. But it will lift up to 1m/sec according to this report.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ers-first-rescue-capsule-test-is-success.html

"The liquid food enriched with potassium and magnesium should prevent nausea as the capsule spins 350 degrees some 10 to 12 times through the 28-inch diameter shaft at a speed of up to one metre per second.
The biggest worry is that the men may suffer panic attacks, said Mr Manalich."

edit: lol, correction again, 1m/sec just for the spinning I think, so yeah, maybe just 0.5m/sec for the lifting.
 
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oli356 said:
3m/s would be to quick! I heard it takes a hour each
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An hour per person

that includes loading them in, and then sorting the cage out at the top.

Says it will take 15-20mins to get them up but also 15-20mins to load them in securely then the rest is checking the cage at the top and sending it back down.
 
GingerNinja1989 said:
Hopefully I can watch this tonight. Would love to see them make it out.

Although I've heard stories of companies like Rayban offering them sunglasses to wear on the way out as a bit of free advertising. Not sure that's appropriate really! Can anyone confirm/deny this?
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Don't know about specific offers from companies but they are going to get sun glasses to protect them from the light. (2 months in dark is a while).
 
So have they all been bumming each other yet or what?

I'll bet my shirt that they'll cash in on their stories when Hollywood wants to make a film out of it. Like a sort of underground fusion of A Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Brokeback Mountain.
 
Merlin5 said:
"The liquid food enriched with potassium and magnesium should prevent nausea as the capsule spins 350 degrees some 10 to 12 times through the 28-inch diameter shaft at a speed of up to one metre per second.
The biggest worry is that the men may suffer panic attacks, said Mr Manalich."
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You would have thought diazepam and diphenhydramine might be better than food...
 
They are going to be writing a book about it jointly, and have all pledged never to speak of what happened during the first 17 days.


...iiiiinteresting.
 
Redgie said:
They are going to be writing a book about it jointly, and have all pledged never to speak of what happened during the first 17 days.


...iiiiinteresting.
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They obviously thought that they were done for, so the thought of, "well, may as well try <insert deviant activity here> now then!" came into their heads. :D
 
qqg3 said:
Don't know about specific offers from companies but they are going to get sun glasses to protect them from the light. (2 months in dark is a while).
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I'm pretty sure they havn't been in complete darkness, there is vehicles down there which they have been using to move th debri that the driliing has caused.

Also i read that they setup a light area to help the miners keep a day/night pattern.

Nasa scientists have been sorting that out etc etc
 
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