NASA Prepares For Space Surgery and Zero Gravity Blood

This isn't even about the lack of surgery, but an unknown increase in risk for others, should one take place. Rather than identifying the risk and mitigating it (is it only from infected blood touching the bulkheads?, or microscopic blood pieces being respirated?), the solution is to spend billions eliminating the risk. If the "solution" was as simple as put everyone in "disposable" surgery suits, then after the surgery, everyone goes on a spacewalk while the inside is sterilized with high-power UV or a toxic aerosol, would that be cheaper than the surgery-box?

Then do the work to get that certified for space flight. Cheaper, easier, more reliable, and available now, with no development cost.

Unexpectedly respirated blood or infectious fluids is a pretty serious problem. Most of the worst diseases you can get are the result of normally fairly harmless bacteria getting into unusual places in the body.

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