In March 2023, MIT's Lunar Forge proposal named "ARTEMIS Steelworks" - Advancing Reactor Technologies for the Electrolytic Manufacturing of In-situ Steel - was selected as a finalist for NASA's 2023 BIG Idea Challenge to develop and build a proof of concept system for producing lunar steel from lunar regolith, using the Molten Regolith Electrolysis process.
For more information, please contact the team leads Palak Patel (G) or Jose Soto (UG).