Pete Worden at Town Hall: Join us TOMORROW for a conversation with special guest, Pete Worden, of Breakthrough Initiatives and ex-NASA Ames in the Bay Area. He's been one of the lead players in the transition to the new commercial space age and strengthening ties to Silicon Valley. We're super excited to be joined by Pete; he's a legend in the space industry! Read Pete Worden's bio. Please bring your questions, and invite your friends to tune in.
We'll also have two new proposals up for presentation, including the ACE Project and a treasury multi-sig swap. Time permitting, we'll have updates from our ongoing projects: the Art Rocket Project in Brazil, World's Biggest Analog Scholarships, IAC Paper, and the Executive Branch.
Isabelle Mierau of Space Debris DAO: ICYMI, at last week's Town Hall we discussed how we can build a cleaner, safer orbital future and a sustainable space economy. It was a fascinating conversation with our founder, Pablo Moncada. Catch the recording!
This quarter's retroactive reward pool is currently at ~$60k in ETH!
That means that projects that are completed this quarter are eligible to receive that... and there are currently only three new projects this quarter. It's not too late to submit a project though!
If you're sitting on the sidelines and considering putting together a proposal to fund research, hardware prototyping, market study, an education initiative or something to improve MoonDAO... now is the time!
Still confused about MOONEY, vMOONEY, and our governance process? We've got a brand new page on the site that goes into better detail about how it all works, including why we use quadratic voting, the geometric decay, distribution of quarterly rewards, and more.
Plus we've made it easy to get started so you can buy, lock, and co-govern MoonDAO. The new MoonDAO website is getting a sleek new design!
Crew‑11 mission launch: A multinational crew (U.S., Japan, Russia) successfully launched on August 1st to the ISS aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule after an initial scrub. NASA will continue relying on Dragon for crewed flights through 2025 following Boeing Starliner delays.
U.S. announces lunar nuclear reactor plans: NASA’s acting administration has issued a directive to fast-track development and deployment of a 100‑kW nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030, to support sustained lunar presence and counter strategic moves by China and Russia.
Blue Origin launches NS-34 crewed mission: The suborbital flight carried six civilians, including TRON founder Justin Sun, past the Kármán line and back in Blue Origin’s 14th human spaceflight on August 3rd.
Congressional earmark to move a Space Shuttle to Houston: A provision in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” allocates funds to relocate a flown orbiter, likely Discovery, sparking legal disputes with the Smithsonian and concerns over total costs exceeding $300M.
Retroactive Rewards The votes and calculations are in from our latest retroactive rewards cycle! We’re excited to announce that Sarah@TreasureCorp, Jade, Name.get, Mitchie, and Phil were our top overall project contributors last cycle and will serve on the Senate throughout Q3 to help guide MoonDAO. Special shoutout to Hudlerr and Wais.eth, who were also among our top contributors! We also have the results from the Community Circle, recognizing outstanding independent contributions outside of...
MoonDAO Demo Day Demo Day & Final Reports took place last Thursday, showcasing Q2 project updates and their completed deliverables. We had three projects present their final reports: Treasure.Corp Financial Dashboard MoonDAO Executive Branch Sea & Space London Event If you missed the livestream, you can catch the full recording on our YouTube page. Retroactive Rewards Vote Each of these projects and their contributors is now eligible for retroactive rewards chosen by YOU: our voters and...
Community Contribution Deadline: Today! A friendly reminder to all Citizens: today is the deadline to submit your independent community contributions for Q2! Earn ETH and vMOONEY voting power by showcasing how you helped advance MoonDAO’s mission last quarter. Need inspiration? Check out some incredible submissions in the Discord #general channel. Submit Your Contributions Upcoming Events As we close out the quarter, it’s time for MoonDAO’s Demo Day and Final Reports, happening this Thursday...
