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Jezero Crater, Mars. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

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Lunar

Moon Base rovers will prospect for resources. That's the real story

Oct 21, 2026 · NASA's Oct. 20 update quietly adds resource prospecting to the rovers' daily work. Whether it means anything depends on the payload list.

The Moon photographed from the Orion spacecraft during Artemis II

Policy

Uzbekistan makes 77 Artemis Accords signatories. The resource clause rides along

Oct 21, 2026

Lunar

Interlune's Prospect Moon is the first payload built to answer the helium-3 question. It still needs a ride

Oct 20, 2026

Mars

MMX is heading for Phobos, and its sample could settle a resource question

Oct 20, 2026

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Five reading paths, each in order. Start anywhere; every post hands you to the next one.

Engineers lower the MOXIE instrument into the chassis of NASA's Perseverance rover

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Space resources 101

The physics and chemistry first. What is actually up there, how you get it out, and what has already been demonstrated.

Part 1: ISRU basics: why living off the land is the whole business →

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Artist's concept of SpaceX's Starship Human Landing System on the lunar surface

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The money

Who pays, for what, and whether the numbers close. Launch costs, helium-3, asteroid metals and the companies placing bets.

Part 1: Starship payload math for people who want to mine the Moon →

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Rules of the road

Who is allowed to own what you dig up. The 1967 treaty, the 2015 U.S. law and the Artemis Accords, read from the documents.

Part 1: Who owns what you mine in space? The law, in three documents →

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Cratered limb of the Moon photographed against black space

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The race to the south pole

Moon Base, prospecting rovers, Chinese landers and the payloads that will finally measure the ice. Our running coverage.

Part 1: Building a Moon base is a procurement story. Watch NASA's Oct. 23 briefing →

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NASA VIPER test rover in the SLOPE Lab at NASA Glenn Research Center

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Working in space resources

What the jobs actually are today, which skills transfer from Earth mining, and where to look.

Part 1: Careers in space mining: the jobs are real, the job title isn't →

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Jobs on the frontier

38 roles from public company job boards, filtered for lunar, materials and thermal work. Refreshed daily.

Supplier Reliability Engineer - Metallic Materials & Processes

Vast · Long Beach, California, United States

materials

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Environmental & Thermal Control Engineer (Dragon)

SpaceX · Hawthorne, CA

thermal

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Materials Engineer, Polymers (Dragon)

SpaceX · Hawthorne, CA

materials

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Vial holding a sample of asteroid Bennu returned by OSIRIS-REx

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Latest dispatches

Moon Base rovers will prospect for resources. That's the real story

Uzbekistan makes 77 Artemis Accords signatories. The resource clause rides along

Interlune's Prospect Moon is the first payload built to answer the helium-3 question. It still needs a ride

MMX is heading for Phobos, and its sample could settle a resource question

Binge the archive

Space resources 101

The money

Rules of the road

The race to the south pole

Working in space resources

Jobs on the frontier

Supplier Reliability Engineer - Metallic Materials & Processes

Environmental & Thermal Control Engineer (Dragon)

Materials Engineer, Polymers (Dragon)

Field guides

Asteroid mining economics: start with the 121.6 grams

Careers in space mining: the jobs are real, the job title isn't

The Artemis Accords, read for miners

Helium-3 reality check: the buyers are real, the reactors aren't

How mining on the Moon and Mars would actually work

ISRU basics: why living off the land is the whole business

Lunar regolith: the most common resource on the Moon is the dirt

Mars regolith chemistry: perchlorate, ice and the toxic-soil problem

Moon vs. Mars vs. asteroids: where to mine first

Lunar water ice, explained

What MOXIE actually proved, and what it didn't

Who owns what you mine in space? The law, in three documents

Starship payload math for people who want to mine the Moon

Who's actually doing space resources in 2026

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