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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. Re:uh-oh by truthsearch · · Score: 0, Troll

    "You betchya!"

    Sarah Palin can see the sun from her house in Alaska, so she feels she's qualified to discuss space commercialization.

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    Developers: We can use your help.
  2. Taxation without representation. by zymano · · Score: 0, Troll

    Taxing from hardworking real middle class to give some government agency to BURN our money is ridiculously CRIMINAL.

    The way Congress manipulates our taxes to BUY VOTES is wrong.

  3. More wasting money by tehdude2000 · · Score: 0, Troll

    NASA is whining that their budget is too small to complete the Constellation program and then they waste money on pie-in-the-sky crap like this. Stimulus money or not this should have gone to something FAR more practical