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June 27, 2013 07:59 am GMT
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PayPal Galactic: For All Your Future Space Purchases
Soon you won’t need to be an astronaut to take a trip into space — but you'll still need a way to pay for things. The first consumer space flight is set to blast off this Christmas, and the first space hotel, created by a Russian company, is expected to be open for business within the next few years
While we’ve started to solve problems around how consumers will get to space, and where they’ll stay, one thing that hasn’t been discussed is how you'll pay for things once you get there. How do you pay for a cup of coffee at breakfast when you’re traveling outside the earth's bounds and traditional payment methods don’t work?
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