Lunar Moon Base rovers will prospect for resources. That's the real story
NASA's Oct. 20 update quietly adds resource prospecting to the rovers' daily work. Whether it means anything depends on the payload list.
Dispatches
Lunar 
Mars MMX is heading for Phobos, and its sample could settle a resource question
JAXA's sample-return mission launched Oct. 19. Whether Phobos is a captured asteroid or Martian debris changes what it's good for.
Lunar Building a Moon base is a procurement story. Watch NASA's Oct. 23 briefing
Two SpaceNews episodes and a Friday NASA briefing describe a step-by-step base. Local resources stay a bonus until a mission depends on them.
The Weekly Briefing
Fridays. The week’s space resources news in about five minutes, plus the best new jobs.