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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. Re:And once again. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Aha! And IMDB is apparently ahead of you by 7 years:

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274518

  2. Somehow I knew that France was involved by electrogeek_dot_com · · Score: -1, Troll

    Leave it to the French. Now why would they have to operate at zero gravity? To see the guys blood floating through the air? I think they would be better off trying to design an environment that simulates gravity in space to make the operation more stable rather than learn to operate in a non gravity environment. Glad I'm not that patient!

    1. Re:Somehow I knew that France was involved by electrogeek_dot_com · · Score: -1, Troll

      Wow! That was one heck of a response from an Anonymous Coward. I almost dropped my steak burger and beer! First of all you spelled Iraq incorrectly. It's Iraq not Irak. That aside, I didn't mean to start a whole big discussion about how France s*cks and how bad the U.S. can be on foreign policy at times. We all know we've made some mistakes. We also know that we liberated France and other countries during World War II amongst other wars. France owes us big time and nobody there will ever admit it. I was recently in Paris during March of this year and can honestly say that myself and my family have never been treated in a more rude and inconsiderate manner, ever. Period. And that was just the airport. The staff of Air France in the airport can kiss my as*! They completed ignored us when we were speaking to them as if we were not standing in front of them. F*ck them. If they didn't have a military presence in the airport at the time I would have given them the severe smackdown that they deserved. It's all they seem to understand. The French hate Americans with a vengeance and I don't know why. I always gave them the benefit of the doubt until I visited them for myself. Big mistake. Not all French people are bad. I'm sure there are a few nice people around somewhere over there. We have friends who live in France and they're great. France: Nice place to visit? But I wouldn't want to live there. Now, back to my steakburger and beer. Oh yeah, let me grab the remote control for the big screen. USA!,USA!,USA! Yeeee Hawww...

  3. Re:What kind of surgery? by pnewhook · · Score: -1, Troll
    Or a circumcision...

    They're performing a simple surgery, not a barbaric mutilation.

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  4. How totally unethical by QuantumG · · Score: -1, Troll

    What next? First Nazi death camp in Zero-G?

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