{"id":189827,"date":"2021-05-10T11:00:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=189827"},"modified":"2021-10-16T02:39:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T01:39:14","slug":"elon-musk-owned-spacex-gets-paid-in-dogecoin-for-new-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/elon-musk-owned-spacex-gets-paid-in-dogecoin-for-new-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk-owned SpaceX gets paid in Dogecoin for new mission"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you said Dogecoin<\/a> would be accepted by one of the world\u2019s largest private space companies last year\u2026.well, no one would have actually said that.<\/span><\/p>\n

Except that today it became a reality. SpaceX, the Elon Musk-owned space exploration and transportation company will be paid entirely in Dogecoin for a commercial payload to the moon on its Falcon 9 rocket.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSpaceX launching satellite Doge-1 to the moon next year. Mission paid for in Doge. 1st crypto in space. 1st meme in space,\u201d wrote Musk on Twitter, attaching a \u201cTo the Moon\u201d song featuring a Shiba Inu dog.<\/span><\/p>\n

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SpaceX launching satellite Doge-1 to the moon next year<\/p>\n

\u2013 Mission paid for in Doge
\u2013 1st crypto in space
\u2013 1st meme in space<\/p>\n

To the mooooonnn!!https:\/\/t.co\/xXfjGZVeUW<\/a><\/p>\n

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n