The decentralized autonomous organization MoonDAO, which wants to democratize access to space, has succeeded in the unusual feat of sending a person into space aboard a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket. The content creator Coby Cotton thus becomes the first person to go into space thanks to a CAD.
MoonDAO raised funds to send someone into space
It’s an unusual achievement, to say the least, that MoonDAO can boast about since last Thursday: being the first decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to have sent a person into space. Indeed, this took place on August 4, on the occasion of the 22ᵉ New Shepard mission of Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ space company.
The rocket thus successfully concluded the company’s 6ᵉ manned flight. On board was Coby Cotton, a videographer who co-founded the YouTube channel Dude Perfect, totaling over 58 million subscribers. He was chosen by a vote of MoonDAO members to take a ten-minute flight over the Kármán line, which marks the beginning of space at 100 kilometers above sea level.
If the price of the ticket is not known, the treasury of the DAO counts at present approximately 9,5 million dollars. The majority of this is in MOONEY tokens, the project’s token.
A DAO to democratize access to space
MoonDAO’s values are based on the fact that space must be accessible to everyone. We can find the following words on their website:
“MoonDAO is an international collective of people united by the mission to decentralize access to space research and exploration. […] We defend the values of inclusion, peace, transparency, freedom of organization and expression. Space should be in the hands of the people, not a single nation or private entity.”
While such promises may make one smile, it must be recognized that for the moment, actions have been put in front of words. Sending a person into space corresponds to phase 2 of their roadmap. Since they have a second ticket with Blue Origin, a second flight is planned by the end of the year for a member who will be drawn.
Their ambition for a lunar colony is not likely to be realized for many years, if ever. Nevertheless, MoonDAO has already marked the history of DAOs by expanding the field of possibilities for such organizations.
