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French Doctors to Perform Zero-Gravity Surgery

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the like-52-card-pickup-only-more-fun dept.

STFS writes "NewScientistSpace has a story about a team of French doctors who will attempt the worlds first zero-gravity operation on a human aboard an Airbus A300 dubbed "Zero-G". The patient, according to forbes.com, was chosen because of his experience with 'dramatic gravitational shifts' as an avid bungee-jumper. The operation will serve as a test for performing surgery in space."

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  1. Avid bungee-jumper by Karloskar · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bungy-jumped a couple of weeks ago and can't remember experiencing any dramatic changes in gravity. It was pulling me towards the ground for the entire jump.

    1. Re:Avid bungee-jumper by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

      . . . they're referring to the point when the bungee makes you bounce back upward again. . .

      Oh yeah. That's exactly when I want to have someone lean over me with a scalpel.

      KFG

  2. What kind of surgery? by aussie_a · · Score: 5, Funny

    I sure hope it isn't a vasectomy.

    1. Re:What kind of surgery? by gardyloo · · Score: 5, Funny

      I sure hope it isn't a vasectomy.

            Oh, it's not. At first.

  3. And once again. by Spazntwich · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pornography is ahead of the curve on technology use.

  4. Re:If thats like the Vomit Comet... by Deadstick · · Score: 3, Funny

    In the days before general anesthesia, surgeons used to pride themselves on their ability to take out an appendix or a bladder stone in 15-30 seconds...

    rj

  5. Good Grief! by Etherwalk · · Score: 4, Funny

    And we wonder why medical costs are getting so out of hand. =)

  6. I can imagine after the surgery... by bronzey214 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good news Mr. Brown, we removed the tumor! Followed by, "We're going to have to put you under again because your liver floated away."

  7. Re:Animals first? by Karloskar · · Score: 5, Funny

    0.5 millimetre-wide (.01 inch)

    And this is why space-probes are lost.

  8. I wonder? by DuranDuran · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did anybody else immediately think of that Zero G porn film from a few years ago?

    Like I did?

    I'll get my coat.

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  9. Re:If thats like the Vomit Comet... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not sure if I could even tell the difference between a appendix or a bladder stone in 15-30 seconds....woops accidently took out your liver. Not important though, you have two of them.

  10. Re:If thats like the Vomit Comet... by buswolley · · Score: 4, Funny
    You never know...If they fall as fast as did the Maginot Line..

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  11. WARNING by Ruff_ilb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Warning. Your joke has been deemed too sophisticated/intelligent for /. Given your high karma, would you like to:

    1) Insert a less complicated insult about the French, perhaps belittling their manliness?
    2) Boringly clarify your remark with a link to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maginot_Line)?
    3) EXCITINGLY clarify your remark with a link to Uncyclopedia (http://www.uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Maginot_Line)?
    4) Ignore?

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  12. So what? by kayditty · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's not like this is rocket surgery or anything.