Mining the moon with a robot swarm

Like minecraft! But in real-life! In space! This is an interesting article briefly talking about the University of Arizona kicking off a project to advance space-mining methods using autonomous robots, motivated in part, by significant enthusiasm from a new generation of students.

… and if the idea of space-mining sounds fun to you, I recommend you checkout this video from the Kurzgesagt YouTube Channel of some serious ideas being considered for how to mine the asteroid belt.