NASA ta haɗu da yaƙar annobar cutar COVID-19

NASA ya shiga yaki da coronavirus (Covid-19) tare da kokarin da ake yi a fadin kasar nan na kara kaimi ga kasa, kadan daga cikinsu an bayyana su a wani taron manema labarai a yau.

"Karfin NASA koyaushe shine iyawarmu da sha'awarmu - gamayya da daidaikun mutane - don magance matsaloli," in ji shugaban NASA. Jim Bridentine. "Duk aikin da ake yi yana nuna yadda NASA ke da kayan aiki na musamman don taimakawa a cikin martanin tarayya game da coronavirus ta hanyar yin amfani da hazakar ma'aikatanmu, tattara hannun jarin da aka yi a hukumar sararin samaniya ta Amurka don yaƙar wannan cuta, da yin aiki tare da haɗin gwiwar jama'a da masu zaman kansu don haɓaka. sakamako."

On Afrilu 1, NASA ta kaddamar da wani kira ga hukumar baki daya don ra'ayoyin kan dandalinta na cikin gida na NASA @ WORK don yadda hukumar za ta iya yin amfani da kwarewa da iyawarta don taimakawa al'ummar kasar da wannan rikici da ba a taba gani ba. A cikin makonni biyu kacal, an gabatar da ra'ayoyi 250, an gabatar da ra'ayoyi sama da 500, kuma an kada kuri'u sama da 4,500.

Baya ga ƙalubalen NASA @ Aiki, ma'aikatan hukumar sun haɓaka dabaru kuma sun yi aiki tare da abokan haɗin gwiwa don magance matsalar lafiya cikin sauri a cikin watan da ya gabata. Yunkurin da hukumar ta yi tsokaci a yayin taron manema labarai sun hada da:

VITAL Ventilator

Injiniyoyin NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California ya ƙirƙiro sabon na'ura mai ɗaukar nauyi wanda aka keɓe musamman don kula da marasa lafiya na COVID-19. Na'urar, mai suna VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally), ta yi wani gwaji mai mahimmanci Afrilu 21 a Makarantar Magunguna ta Icahn a Dutsen Sinai a New York - wani yanki na COVID-19 in Amurka - kuma yanzu ana yin nazari don izinin amfani da gaggawa ta Hukumar Abinci da Magunguna (FDA).

An ƙera VITAL don kula da marasa lafiya da ke da ƙananan alamu, ta haka ne ke ba da ƙarancin wadatar iskar iska na gargajiya ga marasa lafiya da ke da alamun COVID-19 masu tsanani.

Ana iya gina na'urar cikin sauri da kuma kiyaye ta cikin sauƙi fiye da na'urar iska ta gargajiya, kuma tana ƙunshe da ɓangarorin da ba su da yawa, wanda zai sa ya fi ƙarfin samarwa. An ƙirƙira shi don amfani da sassan da ake samu a halin yanzu ga masu masana'anta amma baya gasa da sarkar samar da iska na yanzu.

Aerospace Valley Ingantacciyar Matsi mai Kwalkwali

Cibiyar Nazarin Jirgin Sama ta NASA ta Armstrong a cikin California hadin gwiwa da Antelope Valley Asibitin, da Birnin Lancaster, Virgin Galactic, The Spaceship Company (TSC), Kwalejin Kwalejin Antelope Valley da membobin kungiyar Task Force ta Antelope Valley don magance yiwuwar karancin kayan aikin likita masu mahimmanci a cikin al'ummar yankin.

Ofaya daga cikin ƙoƙarin farko na ƙungiyar shine gina kwalkwali na oxygen don kula da marasa lafiya na COVID-19 da ke nuna ƙananan alamu da rage buƙatar waɗancan marasa lafiya su yi amfani da injin iska. Na'urar tana aiki kamar na'ura mai ci gaba mai kyau na iska (CPAP) don tilasta iskar oxygen cikin huhun mara lafiya maras aiki.

Wanda ake kira da Aerospace Valley Positive Pressure Helmet, likitoci sun yi nasarar gwada na'urar a Asibitin Antelope Valley. Kamfanin sararin samaniya ya fara samar da 500 a wannan makon kuma an gabatar da bukatar Afrilu 22 zuwa FDA don izinin amfani da gaggawa.

Tsarin Gyaran Fannin

Ta hanyar Shirin Ci gaban Tattalin Arziki na Yanki, injiniyoyi a Cibiyar Nazarin Glenn ta NASA a cikin Ohio hadin gwiwa da Ohio Kamfanin Samfuran Gaggawa da Bincike a cikin 2015 don jagorantar haɓakawa da samar da ƙaramin, šaukuwa, da na'urar tattalin arziƙi wanda ke lalata wurare irin su ambulances a cikin sa'a ɗaya kuma a ɗan ƙaramin farashin tsarin da ake amfani da su a halin yanzu. Ana amfani da AMBUStat a cikin motocin 'yan sanda da sauran wuraren kashe kwayoyin cutar iska da saman. Yanzu NASA tana gudanar da ƙarin bincike don ci gaba da haɓaka tasirin wannan na'urar akan COVID-19.

Abubuwan da NASA ta gada na binciken sararin samaniya, bincike da ci gaban fasaha na ɗan adam ya haifar da ƙirƙira ƙididdiga waɗanda ke tabbatar da tasiri kai tsaye da tasiri mai zurfi na saka hannun jarin masu biyan haraji a cikin shirin sararin samaniyar Amurka kan ingancin rayuwar mu a duniya, gami da ingantattun fasahohi don tsarkake ruwa, tacewa iska, dialysis na koda da dai sauransu. tele-medicine, da kuma binciken da ya haifar da ingantattun alluran rigakafi, hanyoyin kwantar da hankali, da raguwa don asarar kashi. Za mu iya yin hasashe ne kawai game da fa'idodin fa'idodin da za su zo daga dawowar Amurka zuwa duniyar wata ta hanyar shirin Artemis na NASA da ƙoƙarinmu na sanya mutane na farko a duniyar Mars.