NASA to assist in rescue operation for trapped Chilean miners

U.S. space agency NASA will send a team of experts to Chile in a bid to assist and advise how to keep 33 miners trapped deep underground physically and mentally fit until they are rescued. Miners who have been trapped underground in Chile for more than three weeks have had their first telephone contact with loved ones. The miners have been trapped in a gold and copper mine in Chile's remote north since a cave-in on August 5th. But it was not until a week ago that they were found alive. Chilean officials are also seeking help from the country's submarine service for advice on survival in extreme, confined conditions. It is pertinent to mention that rescuers have drilled three narrow holes to where the men are trapped. The holes are being used to communicate with the men and pump in oxygen as well as to provide them with food, water and other supplies, including antidepressants.