Balloon animals and bouncy castles on the moon: The case for inflatable habitats

Every year, NASA's Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-Changing (BIG) Idea Challenge invites student innovators to build and demonstrate concepts that can benefit future human missions to the moon and beyond. This year's theme is "Inflatable Systems for Lunar Operations," which could greatly reduce the mass and stowed volume of payloads sent to the moon.