The authors said that surgical implants of emerging technologies in soldiers' bodies would dramatically improve their capabilities in such environments.

And have those with surgical implants been told of the dangers of space travel?

Experts said recovery specialists will be focused on finding surgical implants, jewellery and personal items which may have survived.

Its work developing products from fluoropolymers has also brought the world longer-lasting guitar strings, non-shredding dental floss, surgical implants and electronic cables used in space exploration.

This involves the surgical reduction, or realignment, of the fracture followed by the implementation of surgical implants to aid in the healing of the fracture.