We won! The NUStars Club was the first place competitor in the 2024 NASA Big Ideas Competition. As one of six finalists, our team was granted a budget of almost $150,000 to develop metal inflatable technology to be used on the lunar surface as part of NASA’s Artemis Project. Our team was invited to compete in Las Vegas, Nevada and our “METALS: Metallic Expandable Technology for Lunar Artemis Structures” project was awarded first place. I served as a lead welder and assisted with the vacuum testing.