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Deadline Approaching: Submit Your Proposal
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Hey Reader, Grant money is on the table this week, so we are leading with the deadline that matters most. Q4 project proposals close Thursday, Oct 8Have a space project that needs funding? Q4 project proposals are open until end of day Thursday, October 8, with up to $2,125 per project. To submit: start from the proposal template, put it in a Google Doc shared as "anyone with the link can view," then import it on the proposals page. Your proposal will be reviewed by the Senate with time for revisions based on feedback before you pitch directly to the community. They decide which projects get funded and who joins our competitive cohort. You can go from idea to funded project in a matter of weeks.
Third Seat Election Q&A: candidates Moonshot and Anastasia Ad Astra are taking your questions. Go to onlinequestions.org, enter event code 11950, then submit and upvote the best questions.
Final call for community contributions: if you did independent, space-related work that advances the mission, submit it. Rewards are paid in USDC and vMOONEY, and Senators allocate by impact.
What Citizens are building recently:
Newest Citizens: welcome Dr. Alan SternPlease welcome Dr. Alan Stern (#260): planetary scientist, principal investigator of NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto, former head of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, and commercial astronaut. When leaders like Alan join MoonDAO, it shows where the space community is heading. Also welcome Ajay Dugar (#263) from Ventura County, CA. Together we are a network of 260+ Citizens. Spotlight: Mexanauta (#264). Space Ops Pro, STEM educator, founder of Mexanauta, Inspiration4 finalist, and 2026 NASA Analog Astronaut based in Brevard County, FL. Follow on X: @DavidFGuajardo. See Mexanauta's Citizen profile
Marketplace spotlight: Space Camp with FrankTrain at Space Camp with Frank White, December 4-6, 2026. This Huntsville VIP Adult Space Camp includes lodging and Saturday dinner, with commercial astronauts expected to attend. Price: 1,250 USDC for Citizens or 1,375 USDC for non-Citizens, so becoming a Citizen saves you 125 USDC instantly. Proceeds support Send Frank and Space Camp USA.
Also new: I24 Spaceflight Training Class 6, February 20-21, 2027, in Houston (about 1,000 USDC). Overview thinking and Send FrankOverview thinking: Frank White, who coined the Overview Effect, has a message for all of us.
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Hey Reader, The Q4 Member Vote is open. Five projects made it through a selective Senate review, and three of them will be approved and funded. Which three is up to you. This is the only space program on Earth where the people in it decide where the money and the effort go. No board or committee picks for you. Your vote does, and it directly shapes what MoonDAO builds next. Watch the quick vote explainer, the project recap, and the full pitches. The five projects Spaceflight Training...
Hey Reader, Vote on the new Executive Branch proposal The Executive Branch Proposal for Q4 2026 to Q1 2027 (MDP-271) is now in Member Vote. It sets a six-month budget (Oct 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027) to take MoonDAO's lunar-economy stack public and turn it into revenue and network growth. Voting runs on the proposal page with your vMOONEY voting power. Voting closes Sat Oct 17. Vote on the proposal Tomorrow: Project Pitch Day at the Town Hall Thu Oct 15, 3:00 to 4:00 PM ET (19:00 to 20:00 UTC)....
Hey Reader,Dr. Eiman Jahangir made it to the final round of NASA astronaut selection twice. He was passed over both times. Instead of abandoning his goal, he adapted his approach and ultimately crossed the Karman line aboard Blue Origin as MoonDAO's second astronaut. During our latest town hall, Eiman sat down with Frank White to discuss his newly released book, A Heart for Space. The conversation covered the realities of commercial spaceflight, the burden of self-doubt, and the persistence...