Re: News - First zero-gravity human surgery



Rusty wrote:


It is not yet known whether the operation was successful.



"Covered in space surgeon vomit, and with his arm cut off, the patient is now recovering."

Earlier this year, Mr Martin and his team mended a artery in a rat's
tail 0.5mm in diameter.



"Covered in space surgeon vomit, and with its tail cut off, the rat is now recovering."


"When we are out of Earth's gravitational attraction, it takes several
days, at least, to come back. So it will be necessary to organise
tele-medicine and tele-surgery to be able to take care of astronaut
health."



Uh... the time lag? You might be able to pull this stunt off at the distance of the Moon, but at Mars you can forget it.
Why not just send a trained surgeon along?


The equipment could be used for emergencies in confined locations such
as caves or in buildings toppled by earthquakes.




If I'm ever trapped in a collapsed building, and a scalpel-wielding robot starts crawling toward me, I'm going to know full well that something called "Skynet" was involved in why the building collapsed. :-D
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