2010 Copiapó mining accident steel rescue capsules, dubbed "Fénix" (English: Phoenix) were constructed by the Chilean Navy with design input from NASA. The navy incorporated most of NASA's suggestions and produced three rescue pods: "Fénix" 1, 2 and 3, all enhanced versions of the Dahlbusch Bomb used for mine rescue. "Fénix" 1 was presented to journalists and the miners' relatives for their assessment. The eventual capsule used to rescue the 33 men was the "Fénix 2", a device in diameter, narrow enough to avoid hitting the sides of the tunnel. It had retractable wheels to allow for a smoother ride to the surface, an
Reaction to the 2010 Copiapó mining accident been in their predicament. The rescue of the miners led to Russian bloggers asking why their country did not have a similar success story after a string of tragedies. The last Russian mining catastrophe in May 2010 took the lives of 90 miners and rescue workers at the Raspadskaya mine near Mezhdurechensk, in southern Siberia, with safety breaches blamed for the disaster. "The miner rescue operation is completed in Chile, greatly helped by the fact that (Russian Emergencies Minister) Sergei Shoigu did not participate in it," wrote blogger xeyrulla on his LiveJournal blog. President Dmitry Medvedev said in a message