PayPal Spaces Out With Paypal Galactic

sl4shd0rk writes "Presuming aliens won't have terrible Ebay experiences, PayPal means to position themselves to take on payments in the cosmos: 'With our fifteen years of experience in global online payments, PayPal has a unique perspective to speak to the possibilities of an interplanetary economy.' Apparently, Paypal is taking up bedmates with Virgin Galatic along with Buzz Aldrin and the SETI Institute to allow you to 'explore the possibilities of travel' as well as tourism and commerce."

Re:How will it work?

[shmageggy]

Paul Krugman wrote an interesting paper about this very topic in 1978. http://www.standupeconomist.com/pdf/misc/interstellar.pdf [standupeconomist.com]