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2024-01-02 20:34:00 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: A6482EFA9AFE8B5EAD1C0A1608C61986191E74D2113A30A4326572914C0D737E
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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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