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Project Problem : Astronaut needs some tools(3D PRINTED ) in the habitat that he would live in for a year .
SOLUTION : Designed a Workstation that fits most of the astronaut needs such as : working , sleeping , eating , playing (VR ) , Storage ( food – hygeine and medical equipments )

- Used in designing : 3d printers ( plastic – Metal – Concrete ) their material sources are from the natural environment in mars mars air ( CO2 ) , Mars land dust to form concrete .

- The design is formed to be a sustainable and multipurpose to help the astrounats to save space for moving around in the habitat and feeling like their home that there is a : 1-Bed 2– workspace bench 3 – work chair 4 – air filter unit ( that works with the solar panels and wind turbine power in the rover outside ) . 5- storage unit ( to store food and hygeine materials ) 6- Led screen to connect with the space station and their loved ones .

- For entrtainment and not feeling bored ( VR game) to help them excercising and get their health better

-How the work station assembled ? BY LEGO MECHANISM ( designing part to fit into another part by pressure)

-3D Printers usually print small parts in dimensions Metal: 150mm x 100mm x 100mm, 0.1mm resolution

Plastic: 310mm x 130mm x 140mm, 0.1mm resolution

Concrete: The concrete printer can make giant objects, but it’s outside the habitat. Anything you make to go inside your habitat must fit in the 2m x 2m x 2m airlock and decontamination area. 25mm resolution

HOW DOES THE WORKSTATION WORK ?
Its working designed to be a multipurpose that fold the bed – chair – even the working bench .

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A SUSTAINABLE MULTIPURPOSE WORKSTATION IN MARS :The choice of design outcomes is driven by the question: what can be improved in the living conditions on Mars?

-It is determined that the longer the mission, the more demanding the requirements will become to sustain the crew,

Bearing in mind that furniture—personal desks, galley, chairs, storage units, counters—takes up around 30 percent of the habitat volume, outfitting a Martian habitat with lightweight and reconfigurable furniture would drop the overall cost of the mission. Doing more with less, efficient furniture for Mars would accelerate the development of manned space exploration.

-Utilizing the principle of tensegrity in the chair design for Mars offers an efficient way of designing for the extreme outpost resulting that the Mars chair is 230% lighter than an office chair—2.8 pounds vs 6.6 pounds accordingly.

Adjustable Workstation

ITS PRINTER (Plastic: 310mm x 130mm x 140mm, 0.1mm resolution)

-Metal: 150mm x 100mm x 100mm, 0.1mm resolution.

Following Deployable Adjustable Workstation serves as a collaborative furniture that helps ideas flourish. It is designed to make crewmembers think less about workplace and more about the work they are doing.
Workstation is a core of the furniture design due to the astronauts will spend there most of the time working up to 8-9 hours. The workplace should be efficient in terms of space occupation, easy to use and maintains routinely, and follow ergonomics of the biomechanical posture. The workstation is a deployable system that works in three modes: fast tag-ups, independent work and social gathering
To proof its advance design, it is made of the sandwich of two UHMWPE polymer sheets with a closed cell foam board between them Use of fabric is not an option since it will need washing and it is not doable for long term use.
UHMWPE (Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene) is stain proof, not chemically reactive. It has the highest abrasion resistance of any polymer, lightweight, and extremely high tensile strength. Hence, it can be gratefully useful as a polymer layers around a closed cell foam board. An UHMWPE sheet can be only 1/32” thick

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and it will be enough to be extremely cut resistance. It can be paper-thin (0.004 inches)

and still make the counter stiff and flat but the 1/32” thickness was chosen due to it would have higher cut resistance.

Ultralight Collapsible Extendable Chair

ITS PRINTER (Plastic: 310mm x 130mm x 140mm, 0.1mm resolution)

The chair height adjusts to the workstation height depending on what talks are performed in a given time. When workstation stands still with the saddle chair gives the tall, wide stance of horse-back riding. The benefit of this posture is that by opening the angles of one’s hips and knees, it is encouraging a spine into its most natural and comfortable curve.

The chair made of carbon fiber telescopic poles to secure different positions, UHMWPE connectors to connect the poles under compression so it adds more rigidity with less material. The silicone foot pads that keep the chair from sliding, polyurethane foam seat, nylon fabric upholstery (Figure 18). The chair upholstery wrapped with a texture is designed to awaken the tactile senses of the crew compensating for the lack of opportunity to experience nature and touch sensations from family members.

Galley & Storage Unit

(Plastic: 310mm x 130mm x 140mm, 0.1mm resolution)

According to the NASA’s Memo Living and Working in Space from February 19, 2019, “... it is highly desirable to have a “galley” area that is available at any time and is at some distance from waste collection and hygiene areas”. Modular galley is placed next to each crewmember’s workstation providing access to food supplies. Permanents galley is located to the ladder which connects to the waste management and hygiene area.

AIR FILTER THAT IS ALL THEIR PARTS ARE 3D PRINTED BUT REQUIRES AN ELECTRONIC CHIP T COIL.

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HUMAN FACTOR AND PSYCHOLOGY

Based On NASA Psychological Studies on astronauts :
Space is an extremely hostile environment for human life – from the lack of gravity and harmful radiation to isolation and the absence of night and day.
They found that the microgravity affects astronauts heavily .
But a new study, published in Frontiers of Physiology, has discovered that the lack of gravity on such missions could have a negative impact on astronauts’ cognitive skills and emotional understanding.

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Machine Learning To Predict Behavioral Conditions

It is paramount that astronauts remain high-performing at all times. But space is a tough place, with many environmental stressors that complicate things, such as CO2, radiation and noise levels. To give an example, the astronauts on the International Space Station are continuously exposed to an average noise level of 72 dBA (which is approximately the noise equivalent of the traffic on a freeway).

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