What we once deemed to be science fiction has become a reality. Space travel is opening up for ?the rest of us? thanks to Virgin Galactic, Space X and a host of other space tourism programs including the Space Hotel that hopes to be in orbit by 2016. The enabling infrastructure pieces are starting to come together, and as we start planning to inhabit other planets, the practical realities of life still need to be addressed.
We will still need a way to pay for life?s necessities, back here and out there, though exactly how we?ll do that isn?t currently clear. This is why, today we are announcing our intention to make PayPal the leading resource to address the challenges that these new and exciting times present. We are the only company currently poised to deliver payments outside of our planet. We want to be not only the world?s most loved way to pay but also the preferred money transfer system off earth ? in space and between space and Earth.
