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The Space Show presents Frank White and Pabo Moncada-Larrotiz of MoonDAO for decentralizing space access funding & sending Frank to space!
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- Mar 28, 2026
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The Space Show Presents Frank White & Pablo Moncada-Larrotiz on Decentralized Funding For Democratizing Access to Space, Friday, 3-27-26 Quick Summary: The Space Show featured a discussion about MoonDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that funds space-related projects, with co-founder Pablo Moncada-Larrotiz and Frank White, who is seeking to experience the “overview effect” through a spaceflight. Pablo explained how MoonDAO uses blockchain technology to raise funds and coordinate global projects, including previously funding two spaceflights. Frank discussed his lifelong ambition to experience the overview effect and his plans to study how different spaceflight experiences compare in producing this phenomenon. The conversation explored broader topics including space colonization versus settlement terminology, cultural considerations around space exploration, and the potential for AI to experience the overview effect. The discussion also touched on current space industry challenges, including Blue Origin’s temporary suspension of flights and the competitive landscape among commercial space carriers. Summary: Pablo started the program and explained the concept of DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) and shared an example of a crowd-funded effort to purchase the U.S. Constitution, which raised $47 million in one week through Ethereum transactions. He described how this same model was later applied to fund space missions, including sending two people to space and supporting over 80 community-proposed projects through a governance model. Pablo and Frank discussed their efforts to send Frank to space, including negotiations with Blue Origin and other potential carriers. They have raised nearly $1,000 so far and have researched various options from str…