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Sarah Barnard

Sarah Barnard

Hallstead, PA, US

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Extraterrestrial Medical Workstation | Full Scale Prototype

Lunar Medical Workstation | FullScale Prototype - Spring 2010

Delivered to the Habitability and Human Factors Branch at the Johnson Space Center

Vertical Studio; Table with Brandon Dolly, Heath Horn, & Jay Zhang

 

Occupying one-eighth of a Habitat Development Unit [HDU], the intent of the  Lunar Medical Workstation is to provide emergency and preventative medical treatment for the lunar crew, as well as serve as a research facility for low-gravity effects on the human body.  The table must function as work surface, operating table, and recovery bed for the crew.  A full scale working prototype was built for a fourteen day test mission in the Arizona Desert.

 
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Status: School Project
Location: Lunar Surface