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PayPal looks to conquer space (payments)
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:18 am
by *BlackFox
NEW YORK (AP) — PayPal wants to explore space — or at least begin to figure out how payments and commerce will work beyond Earth's realm once space travel and tourism take off.
PayPal, which is eBay Inc.'s payments business, says it is launching an initiative called PayPal Galactic with the help of the nonprofit SETI Institute and the Space Tourism Society, an industry group focused on space travel. Its goal, PayPal says, is to work out how commerce will work in space.
Questions to be answered include how commerce will be regulated and what currency will be used. PayPal's president, David Marcus, said the company is very serious about the idea. He says that while space tourism was once the stuff of science fiction, it's now becoming a reality.
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lulz
Re: PayPal looks to conquer space (payments)
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:04 am
by BuDo
dang...
Re: PayPal looks to conquer space (payments)
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 6:24 am
by Vaya
The currency should be named droids,and neils, 1 droid= 100 neils.
Re: PayPal looks to conquer space (payments)
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 6:35 am
by DarkJackal
Whats out there we can reach worth touring? lol.
Re: PayPal looks to conquer space (payments)
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 7:04 am
by Mirosuke
WTS
Mars dirt = $20/gram
STARS/fresh, very shiny= $400 each
Re: PayPal looks to conquer space (payments)
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 10:19 am
by omier
Want some moon dust?
Re: PayPal looks to conquer space (payments)
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:21 pm
by Majorharper
People are getting ahead of themselves... Calm down, take a chill pill and wait another 20-40 years
Re: PayPal looks to conquer space (payments)
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:44 pm
by ltsune
Majorharper wrote:People are getting ahead of themselves... Calm down, take a chill pill and wait another 20-40 years
True, but since it's first come, first server, it is no surprise that a company like Paypal would like to be one of the first to do this.
Re: PayPal looks to conquer space (payments)
Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:11 pm
by *BlackFox
Majorharper wrote:People are getting ahead of themselves... Calm down, take a chill pill and wait another 20-40 years
+1 But, It will take more than 40 years!