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Watch: Weather Balloon Takes Dogecoin to Space as Tribute to Elon Musk


Whereas many individuals are ready for Elon Musk — who has repeatedly put his weight behind Dogecoin on social media — to ship the meme forex to the Moon, a US-based YouTuber has truly tried to do one thing of that kind. On the tech billionaire’sfiftieth birthday on June 28, Reid Williamson despatched an precise Dogecoin to area with a climate balloon. Williamson posted a video titled, “I despatched a literal Dogecoin to area” on his YouTube channel that confirmed him and his mates making ready to attain the difficult feat.

The video confirmed Williamson and his mates first figuring out the launchpad. As soon as they zeroed in on an open inexperienced area, they started establishing the balloon system and tying up the cryptocurrency payload to it. After just a few makes an attempt that went south, the staff lastly managed to get a profitable launch. A digicam hooked up to the payload confirmed the hen’s-eye view of Earth because the Dogecoin escaped far-off from it. Later, the climate balloon returned to Earth and landed just a few miles from the location it was launched from.

Individually, Williamson additionally shared the information on his Twitter account.

A consumer, @lilyledyard_, commented on Williamson’s tweet to congratulate Musk but additionally identified that the billionaire is but to observe by way of on his promise.

Noticing that remark, one other consumer, @Doge4faithfull, requested everybody to be “respectful with Musk” for his birthday. “A visit to the Moon takes eight days, near 200 hours. Not one hour. That is Earth. I am very glad they did it anyway, and as a present to Musk. To not disgrace him,” the submit learn.

The particular person added Musk will likely be sending a satellite tv for pc that might “course of transactions for us all,” one thing that no different digital coin has completed.

When consumer @williamson_reid requested whether or not that was actual, Williamson mentioned “sure.”

Another individuals congratulated the YouTuber and his staff.

In Could, Musk had promised that his agency SpaceX will put “a literal Dogecoin on the literal Moon.” In a tweet, he mentioned the industrial area exploration firm will launch the “DOGE-1 Mission to the Moon” early subsequent yr.

The tech tycoon has typically supported Dogecoin on the social media. As of 11:12am IST on July 1, Dogecoin price in India stood at Rs. 18.28.


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