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Hey Reader, MoonDAO UpdatesMeet Our 2nd AstronautIt’s for real… Everything has been made official and we’re SO excited to finally announce who is going to space!!! Three months ago, MoonDAO wrapped up the Ticket to Space sweepstakes, which received more than 2,200 entries coming in from all over the world. This week we’re going to have a special livestream event to finally announce the lucky individual who has been selected as MoonDAO’s second citizen astronaut to ride aboard a future New Shepard rocket launch. We’ll chat about their background, what their reaction was to winning this once in a lifetime journey, and more. You all are gonna LOVE our next astronaut... Set a reminder to join us live this Thursday at 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern to meet our second astronaut on YouTube | X! Get hyped. Maybe watch that Coby Cotton launch video again for a glimpse of what they'll be experiencing.
Vote Now + ResultsMDP-140: Citizen and Entity Go To Market is now live for voting. This proposal involves the roll-out of a new streamlined process for individuals and organizations to join MoonDAO in just one click. A demo of the app onboarding flow was showcased during MoonDAO Q1 2024 Final Reports. Now, this project will continue building on what was done in Q1 and onboard the first 10 entities (companies or other organizations) and the first 100 MoonDAO citizens for this foundational round. Read the full proposal and vote now. Thanks to all of you who voted on the previous two proposals. The recent constitutional amendment was successfully passed which will allow rollover of the top five contributors in our retroactive rewards process into the Senate for the next quarter to ensure governance continuity on a meritocratic basis. Speaking of retroactive rewards, calculations have been finalized thanks to the community vote. You can review the results of the payments to each project and team member for the sake of transparency. Bite-Sized Space News20th FlightSpaceX achieved another groundbreaking milestone with the successful launch of the B1062 booster marking the 20th launch and landing of a first stage—a new record. Departing from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on April 12, the launch coincided with the 43rd anniversary of NASA's inaugural space shuttle flight in 1981. The first stage returned to Earth for its 20th landing on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas. Late last year, booster B1058 (with the NASA worm logo) was a reusable first-stage booster that broke a turnaround record and flew 19 times before tipping over in rough seas and high winds on its return to Port Canaveral in December 2023. B1058 was the first Falcon 9 booster to fly fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, and nineteen times. The booster had launched Crew Dragon Demo-2 (with Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley) to the ISS in 2020 and carried 23 Starlink satellites on its final flight on December 23, 2023. Delta HeavyIn a historic farewell, United Launch Alliance bid adieu to the Delta 4 Heavy rocket with the launch of a classified National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) spy satellite on April 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The rocket, known for its three common core boosters, marked the end of an era after 16 missions since its debut in 2004. ULA, transitioning to its Vulcan Centaur rocket, described the moment as bittersweet, signaling the end of a legacy dating back to the space age's early days. The future of the launch pad remains uncertain, pending an environmental review by the U.S. Space Force.
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Last night we concluded our fundraising effort and raised over $172k from 157 contributions. This is a huge win for the Overview Effect. We've created massive awareness for Frank's work and seen the Overview Effect all over Artemis II, in the news, podcasts, and social media. All over the world the concept is gaining massive traction, and our campaign has helped push the idea forward. With that awareness alone this campaign has been a success. However, our most important goal is to send Frank...
Hello Reader, The deadline to fund Frank White’s mission to space is two days away. This is an all hands on deck moment for the MoonDAO community. To date, we have raised over $170,000 from 119 contributions. MoonDAO 🌜🌐🌛 @OfficialMoonDAO We just received an incredibly generous $3,000 contribution from none other than @Astro_Nicole to Frank's campaign. Thank you so much for supporting this initiative to help get Frank to Space!!! 8:49 PM • Apr 24, 2026 6 Retweets 28 Likes Read 1 replies We...
Hey everyone: We've made some updates to the overview flight terms and conditions based on a few pieces of new information: Some of the funds we’ve raised so far have come in off-chain (checks), while others have been direct ETH contributions through the website. Our current refund language only references the ETH committed to the contract, with refunds calculated solely on on-chain ETH raised after the fundraise ends. We may be able to negotiate a seat for Frank at a discounted price. To...