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2024-05-19 10:50:55 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 77F3621FF8FA173FA4ACD668DF010C276EAE695AC375074FD5F7766FA71A337C
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Original Note:
Astronauts do train in vacuum chambers. https://youtu.be/H_g_iA3Kszg?si=_gqnyXMB-q6KBaRp https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/11/23/fact-check-astronauts-train-vacuum-prepare-space/8252879001/ But this is only useful for the experience of depressurization. There is far more training necessary for zero gravity, which cannot be reproduced in a vacuum chamber and is done in the neutral buoyancy lab under water.
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