SpaceX takes DOGE as payment to launch GEC’s DOGE-1 Mission to the moon
May 11, 2021
The mission is set for Q1 2021 and it will involve deploying a 40Kg CubeSat to the moon.
Per GEC’s CEO, GEC and SpaceX have solidified DOGE as a unit of account for lunar business.
Tom Ochinero from SpaceX claims this mission will set the foundation for interplanetary trade.
SpaceX has accepted Dogecoin (DOGE) as payment to launch a lunar mission. A press release unveiled this news on May 9, noting that the Geometric Energy Corporation (GEC) had paid SpaceX to launch its DOGE-1 Mission to the Moon in DOGE. This deal became the first-ever commercial lunar payload to be fully paid in the Shiba Inu-inspired cryptocurrency. However, the firms did not disclose the details of the transactions.