refeeding the miners and to avoid complications from what we call refeeding syndrome. but also how to do the fluid loading protocol so make sure they don t get low pressure during the ascent, which could have some dire consequences. that fluid loading protocol is the same one we use for the astronauts coming back from space, from the shuttle program or from the soyuz, the russian soyuz. there are a myriad of different recommendations that we used. recommendations on how to design the escape capsule as well. and it s very satisfying and gratifying to see this pay off. we re watching the second rescuer, roberto rios seguel. he ll be going in to get the rest of the mine toers the top. we re joined once again by blaine mayhugh and tom foy, they re survivors of the
certainly an exciting day. i know the miners will be excited. we ve been, you know, working with the chileans with regards to fluid loading protocol. we want to make sure that thewey begin the assent in the rescue cage. we don t want them to pass out on the way up as any military recruit standing at attention for a long period of time might attest to. so it would be important to make sure that the miners are well protected and well hydrated for that event. what immediate health test would they have to take once they reach the surface. immediately when they reach the surface, they will have a primary survey done by the physicians and medical staff on sight just to make sure that there aren t any critical
nasa, what experience does nasa have, some of it is obvious to us, those long voyages up in the space station, but take those experiences and your expertise and how you applied them to this situation here. it was actually surprising to al and i and mike duncan one of our other colleagues when we got down to chile, we had some preconceived notions as to what would apply from space fright to the mine. and as we go into the operation, and learned more about the conditions the miners were having to endure, more and more aspects of what we do actually applied. and it was quite surprising, that may relay from nutrition, including refeeding folks who have been at decreased nutrition or starving. we had planned on contingencies for the space shuttle in orbit in case the crew needed to decrease their calories. the fluid loading protocol that