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Become the Fifth Space Tourist

Posted by kdawson on from the getting-high dept.

MattSparkes writes "There have been four space tourists so far. You could become the fifth — even if you aren't a dot-com millionaire. New Scientist is running a competition to send one person on a sub-orbital flight, 62 miles above the Earth. All you have to do is write 250 words on what the best ever patented invention is. Personally I think it has to be the Levitationarium." Of course if you win you'll probably have to pay the taxes.

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  1. Sliced Bread by Dr.+Eggman · · Score: 4, Funny

    There can be no question that sliced bread is the greatest invention of all time: it is the yardstick by which all inventions have since been measured.

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    Demented But Determined.
    1. Re:Sliced Bread by Trivial_Zeros · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'd say the greatest invention is the yardstick. It's the best invention since sliced bread!