The tiny Alpine nation is unusually rich in caves, which are a major tourist attraction. One even houses an entire castle and another was used by the European Space Agency to help train astronauts.
ORLEK, Aug 15 The grass flickered gently above a crack in the limestone and Ludvik Husu instinctively knew he had found what he was searching for: A new cave in Slovenia’s dramatic Karst region. The seasoned cave enthusiast, with more than 50 years’ experience, told AFP that “the.
Going underground in Slovenia. to prepare for outer space
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Divaca, Slovenia: In Slovenia’s dramatically beautiful Karst region, six astronauts have been put through their paces for future missions not in a flashy futuristic space centre but deep underground in the area’s network of cold, dark and muddy caves.
This Wednesday they emerged blinking into the light after swapping their space suits for caving gear and spending six full days underground in the Unesco-listed Skocjan cave system.
All in all they completed six weeks of training organised by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) CAVES programme. But why were they heading underground?