Many private companies around the world are interested in space travel

Absrtact: Although the prospect of the plan is questioned, it is undeniable that many private companies around the world are interested in space travel, Beijing time June 28 morning news, according to CNN today, AOL payment company PayPal announced in Wednesday, will launch a named PA

While the prospect of the plan is being questioned, it is undeniable that many private companies around the world are interested in space travel

Beijing time June 28 morning news, according to CNN today, AOL payment company PayPal announced in Wednesday, will launch a "PayPal Galactic" (PayPal Galaxy) program, designed to explore space payment business.

"PayPal Galaxy" program official website Paypal-galactic.com has been on the Wednesday evening line, while PayPal President David Marcus (David Marcus) and former US astronaut Aldrin (Buzz Aldrin) The project will be officially announced in the United States local time in Thursday and Paypal-galactic.com will be broadcast on the event.

The announcement of the project sparked widespread scepticism. In fact, PayPal has also been inside the voice of discord. Anuki Nayar, Anuj Nayar, senior executive of PayPal's PR affairs, and his team said at the time whether such projects would be taken seriously by the company. In an interview with ABC, "We quietly ask ourselves and experts in the space industry, ' Are we smoking drugs? '"

The Research Institute for Extraterrestrial Civilizations (hereinafter referred to as "SETI") and the Space Travel Association (tourism powering, hereinafter referred to as "STS") said that they were grateful for the question raised by PayPal. "We are now in the space Renaissance," said John Spencer, founder of STS, John Spencer. ”

While NASA may have a different view of this rosy outlook, it is undeniable that many private companies around the world are interested in space travel. For example, British company Virgin Galactic is aiming to launch its first commercial space flight this Christmas, and Russian company Orbital Technologies plans to build the space hotel in 2016; Dutch company Mars One wants to build a human settlement in space 2023 years ago.

PayPal says a number of companies from different countries are eyeing space. Nayar and PayPal Other executives, of course, do not want to miss the opportunity, hoping that the company can actively tap into the Space tour opportunities. Nayar said: "We think that if you can get rid of all the old frame of the current constraints, to create a new business system, this prospect is no doubt exciting." ”