A Trip To The Moon Next Year?

South African-born tech billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX is planning to launch a, this mission, known as DOGE-1, is being entirely paid for with the cryptocurrency Dogecoin. In a press brief released on May 9, the mission in 2022 will commence from Canada’s Geometric Energy Corporation (GEC) and will see a 40-kilogram CubeSat launch on a rideshare Falcon 9 rocket to the moon. “Having officially transacted with Doge for a deal of this magnitude, Geometric Energy Corporation and SpaceX have solidified Doge as a unit of account for lunar business in the space sector,” Geometric Energy's Chief Executive Officer Samuel Reid said, according to .