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Hey Reader, If you want to see exactly how MoonDAO-funded initiatives are progressing, you've got to watch our recent Active Project Showcase on YouTube. These monthly project demo days serve as proof of work and a demonstration of what a decentralized, global space program is building. It's also an opportunity for you to get involved... Citizens Space Policy Initiative Daniel and his team completely overhauled their space policy survey into an interactive tool that dynamically visualizes community responses. Support them by participating in the survey and shaping the citizen vision statement on their new portal. Maldives Space Research Trent overcame some big international shipping logistics to get 100 pounds of hardware to the Maldives. Working with local partners, he performed local training, constructed a 10 meter test balloon, and did boat based radio tracking tests. Stay tuned for the test flight, but the goal is to take this training program to more countries. LDC Tabletop Michael Castle Miller successfully debuted the version one lunar economy simulation with 30 participants at Luxembourg Space Resources Week. The team is now polishing the core gameplay loop. Reach out if your organization wants to book a scenario planning or workshop. ACMA Ignites Alejandra and the ACMA Ignites crew are officially registering one high school and one university team for the Colombian National Rocket Competition. The project needs community expertise in the form of technical or leadership mentors in amateur rocketry. Space Content & Documentary Initiative Austin captured some incredible moments on video at the US Space and Rocket Center highlighting the new facility MoonDAO supported. He is finalizing this footage for release while scouting other space-related filming opportunities. Know of any cool space events he should cover or want to join a coordinated trip to Space Camp? Let him know. LunARC Bolivia Lakshmi Karan and the LunARC team hosted their first Lunar University lab in Bolivia to have students reimagine lunar governance. They mapped the students' creative outputs directly onto the original Moon Agreement. Keep an eye out for their highly detailed Bolivia Moon Agreement draft and final report as they prepare to scale this model globally. Deployable Video Payload for Sounding Rocket Anna secured a testing facility and built two parachute prototypes for the video payload. The team has already conducted drop tests and will execute refined drops to finalize the reaction wheel code. A funded bounty remains open for anyone who can secure an alternative launch opportunity above 30,000 feet. TLDR; there's a lot in motion with over 10 active, ongoing projects, ranging from high-altitude balloon launches in the Maldives, to sounding rocket payload deployments and lunar economy simulations, educational outreach in Colombia, interactive citizen policy frameworks, and more! Watch the Town Hall.
Welcome to Our Newest Citizens 🧑🚀We are officially 207 citizens strong! A warm welcome to Kirby Runyon (Citizen #207), our newest community member, and a massive shoutout to our spotlight citizen of the week, Stan (Citizen #205)! Based in Tahoe City, CA, Stan is a professor who brings over 55 years of space-related technology, management, strategy, and policy experience across military, Congressional, civil, commercial, consulting, academic, and non-profit sectors. You can check out his profile and connect with him on his MoonDAO Citizen Profile. To join Stan, Kirby, and the rest of our global crew, step up and become a citizen today at moondao.com/join. If you need a hand, watch this quick 90-Second Citizen Guide on YouTube showing you exactly how easy the process is. If you have questions, hit reply!
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What’s Next? 📅Our next Town Hall is just around the corner, and it’s the absolute best place to get real-time updates on our space program. On June 11, we are planning to give another update and next steps regarding the Send Frank to Space mission. Mark your calendars:
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Send Frank to Space Mission UPDATE This week, we hosted a pivotal MoonDAO Town Hall focused on the “Send Frank to Space” campaign. Having successfully raised over $170,000 for the mission, our team has been busy over the past 30 days, actively engaged in negotiations with nearly a dozen suborbital and stratospheric carriers across three continents. The primary takeaway from these discussions is that no stratospheric balloon company is commercially operational yet; every provider is still...
Hello Reader, Starship V3 Flight 12 Launch As we hit send, Starship V3 just took flight! If you aren't already watching... Tune in! It's the first Starship launch in over six months. GO STARSHIP! Watch Livestream Active Governance Vote: MDP-249 The voting window for MDP-249: Executive Branch Proposal Q2-Q3 2026 is currently open and requires your input. This proposal would fund our five-month operational strategy to deploy the DePrize framework, initiate the Lunar Base Simulation challenge,...
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...