Congratulations to the University of Utah team under Dr. Hong Yong Sohn for being selected as one of seven university proposals to receive funding for the 2023 BIG Idea Challenge. Their proposal was titled “Production of Steel from Lunar Regolith through Carbonyl Iron Refining (CIR).” See the feature story of this year’s awardees on the NASA website:

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/game_changing_development/University_Teams_Forge_Forward_in_NASA_Moon_Metal_Production_Challenge