Idea for a prequal/reboot and explanation for the source

I have an idea on 2-4-5 Trioxin's original purpose.

Instead of it's depiction in RTOTLD III where it's used as a military weapon, It's original use could have been created as an experimental solution for suspended-animation for interstellar space-travel, or something along those lines. Think about it? The original movie was created and depicted during the space-age. Why not have 2-4-5 Trioxin as the consequence of a space experiment gone wrong? That is, if it hasn't already. Though, we don't know the real cause of what lead to the events, the original movie does offer some possible explanations, and maybe half truth's, as the News reports about space debris could hold some truth's. The various quotes from the News reporter could lend credence to this theory as well:

The latest word also - this is from nation press services in Washington, D.C. - tells us that the emergency Presidential conference which we just mentioned will include high-ranking scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Since convening, this conference of the presidential cabinet, the FBI, Joint Chief of Staff, CIA, has not produced any public information. Why are space experts being consulted about an earthbound emergency? So far, all the betting...

Radio reports explain that a wave of mass murder is sweeping across the eastern United States. the recently deceased have become reanimated and are consuming the flesh of the living. Experts, scientists, and the United States military fail to discover the cause, though one scientist suspects radioactive contamination from a "space-probe". It returned from Venus, and was deliberately exploded in the Earth's atmosphere when the radiation was detected.