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New to space resources? Read the series below in order. Each one runs from the basics to the open questions, and every post links to the next.

Space resources 101

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

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

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.

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

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