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Blue Origin Return to Flight
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Hey Reader, MoonDAO UpdatesTown Hall RecapYou can join online every Thursday at 3pm Eastern time in MoonDAO's Discord! Last week's town hall had the presentation of one proposal for Skyline Digital fiat on & off-ramp, which was successfully passed by the MoonDAO Senate and is now up for a vote by the community (more on that in a minute). We also had round table updates about the state of various ongoing projects, including the Citizen and Entity program, DeSci research, the second astronaut proposal, and others, along with open floor updates from community members.
Open VoteVoting for MDP-143 closes in approximately 24 hours! This proposal would onboard MoonDAO to Skyline Digital, a non-custodial solution opening the doors of tradfi for web3 businesses based in Switzerland, via our MoonDAO DAO LLC legal entity based in the Marshall Islands. Skyline digital provides “rails” to on or off-ramp between crypto and fiat. > Read the Full Proposal
New Member SpotlightHave you said hello in the introduction channel? SuperSquril writes: “Hi everyone. I found MoonDAO through a post on LinkedIn from Dr. Eiman Jahangir. I am very excited to get involved in any way that I can. My undergraduate degree and professional experience is in Chemical Engineering, mostly in the development of gas processing and treatment systems. More recently I have completed a graduate certificate in Systems Engineering and will be pursuing my Master's in Space Science and Technology. My current professional role also surrounds conversion of waste to energy streams for both terrestrial and spaceborne installations. I look forward to meeting you all and hopefully contributing to some amazing projects." Let’s give a friendly MoonDAO welcome to SuperSquril as he joins our community! Bite-Sized Space NewsBlue Origin Returns to FlightYesterday, Blue Origin’s New Shepard capsule successfully carried six passengers to the edge of space, marking the first human flight of the reusable suborbital vehicle since 2022. This milestone mission included 90-year-old retired Air Force Capt. Ed Dwight, who trained as an astronaut during the Apollo era but never had the opportunity to leave the planet.
NS-25 experienced a minor hiccup when one of the capsule’s three parachutes failed to fully deploy during the return to Earth. Despite this, Blue Origin assured that the vehicle is designed to land safely with just two parachutes, although a thorough internal investigation into the deployment issue is certain. This recent flight happened after a lengthy pause in New Shepard’s operations due to a booster failure during an uncrewed mission in September 2022. The company's investigation identified an engine nozzle failure caused by excessive heat, leading to a redesign. A successful uncrewed test flight in December paved the way for this recent crewed mission. A return to human flight by Blue Origin means that we are one step closer to the launch of MoonDAO’s second astronaut, Dr. Eiman Jahangir, who was the winner of the Ticket to Space sweepstakes earlier this year. Wet Dress RehearsalSpaceX successfully completed a "wet dress rehearsal" at its Starbase site in South Texas today. This crucial prelaunch test involved filling both stages of the Starship with supercold liquid oxygen and liquid methane.
"Launch rehearsal for Flight 4 complete," SpaceX announced in a post on X, sharing photos of the procedure. Starship's previous flights have shown incremental improvements. The debut flight ended shortly after launch when the stages failed to separate, leading to an intentional detonation. The second flight achieved stage separation and lasted twice as long, while the third flight lasted about 50 minutes before breaking apart upon reentry. The main objective for the upcoming fourth flight is to successfully navigate through maximum reentry heating. SpaceX aims to launch this flight in about two weeks, although the timeline depends on obtaining a launch license modification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the conclusion of the FAA's investigation into the third flight's outcome. Upcoming Launches
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Join us on Thursday, April 9th at 3pm ET (12pm PT) for a conversation between Inspiration4 astronaut, Chris Sembroski, and Frank White, author of the Overview Effect. This will be the third week in a row with Frank speaking directly to astronauts live and open to the public to attend and participate virtually. The last two weeks have been incredible explorations of sub-orbital spaceflight! You're not going to want to miss this conversation about an orbital journey. RSVP:...
Hello Reader, The deadline for submitting a Q2 project proposal is tomorrow! This is your opportunity to get involved in MoonDAO by receiving a small grant and working on a concrete goal for the quarter. The proposal maximum budget is $4,682. These grants are intended to support people that are working on things that support our mission to create a sustained human presence on the moon, this can be in the form of research, education, inspiration, or small seed funding for engineering projects....
WE ARE ACCEPTING PROJECT SUBMISSIONS FOR Q2! DEADLINE: THREE DAYS (April 9th) Max Budget Per Proposal: $4,682 https://www.moondao.com/proposals Every quarter MoonDAO funds a new cohort of projects. These range from research, events, to small grants for startups. We've funded 80+ projects, and anyone (yes, anyone) anywhere (yes, anywhere) can apply for funding. This quarter we have a total budget of $23,409 to give to accepted projects. Don't just passively watch the golden age of lunar...