Democratized Space Exploration through SERA at TON

Democratized Space Exploration through SERA at TON

Space exploration has traditionally been reserved for government activities, but SERA is transforming this narrative by democratizing access to space. The SERA platform, built on the TON blockchain and running entirely within Telegram, allows anyone with a smartphone to participate in astronaut selection.

Users can launch their own campaigns to become astronauts or vote for those who will represent their nations on future space missions, such as Blue Origin’s New Shepard mission. Since its announcement in the press on September 30, 2025, the SERA community has grown exponentially to more than 90,000 participants from 175 countries, all vying for the opportunity to fly into space.

How does SERA work?

SERA’s Mission Control mini-app runs inside Telegram, allowing users to complete challenges and earn SpaceDust (reward points) as part of the qualification process. This chain voting system empowers communities to decide who will fly and which scientific experiments will go into space.

• Six seats are reserved: five for nations with few or no astronauts, such as Nigeria, India and Brazil, and one open to the rest of the world.
• SERA has previously collaborated with Blue Origin, sending Victor Hespanha into space as South America’s first civilian astronaut.
• The SERA science platform allows the global community to propose and vote on experiments in microgravity.

TON Infrastructure and Capacity

SERA’s success is based on the TON blockchain, which handles more than 104,000 transactions per second with costs averaging $0.003 per transaction. This combination of speed and affordability makes it easy for millions of users to participate without congestion on the network.

In addition, the integration with Telegram allows SERA to access more than 1 billion users around the world, eliminating the need for complex wallet configurations and making the technology work invisibly to users.

The Founders of SERA: Space Accessibility

SERA was co-founded in 2022 by Sam Hutchison, a space entrepreneur, and Joshua Skurla, a finance and media expert. Together, they combine technical credibility with global scaling strategies:

• Sam Hutchison: He has experience in the new space economy and has secured more than $150 million in funding for space propulsion technologies.
• Joshua Skurla: He has over 20 years of business leadership experience, focused on financing and producing successful films.

Join the Mission

SERA is now accepting participants. The Mission Control mini-app is live on Telegram, where you can start completing challenges, collect SpaceDust points, and help select the next astronauts to fly with Blue Origin.

Space exploration is on its way to being democratized. With the TON blockchain facilitating global voting and Telegram providing access to nearly a billion users, SERA proves that the final frontier doesn’t have to belong to just a few.

To join Mission Control, visit ton.sera.space and join the community on Telegram.

For more details, see the original TON blog post: Democratized Space Exploration Through SERA on TON.