According to CoinDesk: Dogecoin developers have announced plans to send a physical Dogecoin (DOGE) token to the moon with the help of a mission planned by Astrobotic, a Pittsburgh-based space payload transporter. This mission is scheduled to take place on December 23, 2023, and is funded by the Dogecoin community since 2015.
Astrobotic's mission, known as Peregrine Mission One (PM1), is expected to carry 21 payloads from various government entities, universities, companies, and from NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. On top of this, the craft is also set to transport a physical Bitcoin token and a copy of the genesis block—the first block of the Bitcoin (BTC) chain. This part of the lunar mission is an initiative planned by crypto exchange BitMEX, which was announced in May.
Previously, Dogecoin eyed the moon in a SpaceX mission in 2022 that was solely financed by DOGE tokens. The mission, commissioned by Canadian firm Geometric Energy Corp., was hailed as the first commercial lunar payload in history completely paid for with Dogecoin. This mission, however, has been postponed and is now expected to launch in January 2024.
Meanwhile, the price of DOGE has seen a 12% increase in the past 24 hours, reflecting a wider uptick in major cryptocurrencies.
