On: How NASA engineered the Chilean miners' escape pod

[ryanwaggoner]

It would be pretty nerve-wracking to be the last one to go up.

[gridspy → ryanwaggoner]

The first person down is going to be a paramedic from the surface. It would be natural for this person to be the last one up.

[kingofspain → ryanwaggoner]

According to the BBC just now, the miners are trying to decide who will have the honour of being last out.

[sledmonkey → kingofspain]

And the record for the longest time spent underground.