Dear Friends and Colleagues, After 40 years of interviewing astronauts about their experiences of the Overview Effect, I decided it was time for me to see the Earth from a distance myself! Working with MoonDAO and an army of supporters, we launched a fundraising campaign on March 12 to secure a flight on a stratospheric balloon, suborbital hop, or something beyond. If we raise enough funds, a member of the space community will go with me. This is an inflection point in human history. Either...

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....