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NASA Wants To Fund Space Taxis

Posted by samzenpus on from the would-you-like-a-trip-to-the-stars dept.

NASA plans on using $50 million in stimulus funds to seed development of a commercial passenger transportation service to space. Potential space taxi inventors have 45 days to submit their proposals. The proposals will be competitively evaluated and the winners will be announced by the end of September. It is unclear what other Commodore 64 games NASA plans on making a reality, but I hope Arkanoid makes the short list.

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  1. Handy by kevinNCSU · · Score: 3, Funny

    This will come in really handy all those times I have too much to drink and need to get back to my Secret Moon Base.

    And maybe once they figure this out they can build a working escalator at the Reagan Metro stop. Or maybe the Space Taxi's can just moonlight moving luggage up to the platform.

  2. Buy your burgers. by boeroboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    You'll see that money when the engineers who win the contest lay down an Abe Lincoln in front of you at McDonalds.

    Your employer will never see the money they spent on you while you were on slashdot either.

  3. Re:Once again ... by A.+B3ttik · · Score: 3, Funny

    Space Taxis? Do we really want to trust Arabs with our latest NASA technology?