NASA Sets Briefing About Assistance To Trapped Miners In Chile
HOUSTON -- A NASA team sent to Chile to aid trapped miners will hold a
news conference about their work at the San Jose gold and copper mine
near Copiapo at noon CDT, Tuesday, Sept. 7. The conference will be at
NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, and it will air live on NASA
Television and the agency's website.
The participants also will answer questions from reporters at
participating NASA centers. For journalists not able to attend at a
NASA center, a limited number of phone lines are available by calling
281-483-5111 by 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday.
U.S. news media planning to attend the briefing in person must contact
the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 by 10 a.m. Tuesday. Reporters
interested in a one-on-one interview must contact the Johnson
newsroom by 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.
NASA responded to a request from the government of Chile, submitted
through the U.S. Department of State, to provide technical advice
that might assist the trapped miners. The NASA team of two medical
doctors, a psychologist and an engineer arrived in Chile Aug. 31.
Dr. Michael Duncan, deputy chief medical officer in the Space Life
Sciences Directorate at Johnson, led the team. The other members are
physician James Polk and psychologist Albert Holland from Johnson;
and Clint Cragg, principal engineer with the NASA Engineering and
Safety Center located at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.
The team will participate in the news conference. Afterward, Duncan
will be available for one-on-one interviews.
For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For more information about NASA's assistance in Chile, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/news/
Source: NASA
