With PayPal Galactic, PayPal Wants to Know How You’ll Pay for Your Room at Hotel Mars - For the most part, commercial space travel is still a few years off
and any plans for space settlements still seem like the dreams of sci-fi
enthusiasts.
But it’s never too early to start planning, right?
Elon Musk sure thinks so.
And PayPal apparently does, too. Or at least the eBay-owned company is
pretending it does, if you think the following is a big marketing
gimmick.
PayPal was set to announce on Thursday that it is spearheading an
initiative, dubbed PayPal Galactic, to lead a discussion around what
needs to happen to commercialize other planets. How will banks need to
adapt? What payment systems can work in space and between space and
Earth? And when on Mars, do you tip like a New Yorker or like a
European? (Okay, that last question is mine.)
Clearly, PayPal is positioning itself as the payment system capable
of working on Earth, on other planets and in space. And it’s bringing
together some space bigwigs to kick off the conversation by partnering
with the SETI Institute on the initiative. Buzz Aldrin was expected to
make an appearance Thursday morning at the launch event, as well.
So the company has obviously convinced some in the space community that this is a serious endeavor. What about you? ( allthingsd.com )
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