Your vote, 12 pitches tomorrow

Published 20 days ago • 1 min read

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).

12 projects pitch, and the community decides which get approved and funded. This is the most direct way Citizens can shape next quarter's projects.

Lunar storm shelter guidelines: design guidelines for a lunar storm shelter
Analog Space Suit Upgrade
Sentinel Bio+ Flatsat
LunARC: what can dancers teach a lunar settlement?
JSRI x MoonDAO
MoonDAO Open Space Academy
The Cosmic Sessions: art x space
Morocco Social Impact Summit 2026: a MoonDAO partnership at MSIS
Magnet springs: fly and levitating, sketch and actuator
Lunar Ledger API for Mission Control
Contelligence for Off-World Habitats: operationalizing contelligence research
Sustaining Spaceflight Training

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Network updates

Marketplace: LunCo added two new listings: a live lunar rover mission simulation where you take the operator's seat, and a consultation on rover development.
Network: 260+ Citizens and growing. Meet the teams on the network page.
Send Frank: the mission to send Frank White, who coined "The Overview Effect," to space continues.

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Dr. Eiman Jahangir on "A Heart for Space"

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