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\nESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Russian cosmonaut Aleksei Ovchinin, Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and NASA astronauts Mike Barratt and Jack Fischer on their first underground training into the depths of the island of Sardinia, Italy.\n<\/p>\n
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\nThe first job was getting used to moving around a cave. Like spacewalking, caving involves thinking in three dimensions, tethering and having a buddy for safety.\n<\/p>\n
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\nThe unique course offers practical experience for the astronauts on leadership, teamwork, making the right decisions and solving problems in a multicultural team.\n<\/p>\n
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\nIn many ways, the \u2018cavenauts\u2019 will be working in a more remote and hostile environment than on the International Space Station. In an emergency, astronauts in space can return to Earth faster than the cavenauts can ascend to the surface.\n<\/p>\n
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\nESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Russian cosmonaut Aleksei Ovchinin, Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and NASA astronauts Mike Barratt and Jack Fischer on their first underground training into the depths of the island of Sardinia, Italy.\n<\/p>\n
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\nThe first job was getting used to moving around a cave. Like spacewalking, caving involves thinking in three dimensions, tethering and having a buddy for safety.\n<\/p>\n
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\nThe unique course offers practical experience for the astronauts on leadership, teamwork, making the right decisions and solving problems in a multicultural team.\n<\/p>\n
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\nIn many ways, the \u2018cavenauts\u2019 will be working in a more remote and hostile environment than on the International Space Station. In an emergency, astronauts in space can return to Earth faster than the cavenauts can ascend to the surface.\n<\/p>\n
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