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posted by n1 on Tuesday April 29 2014, @06:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the global-brain-drain dept.

One hardware hacker who documents their project on Hackaday will win a ride to space on his or her choice of space company. The alternative is a just short of $200,000USD cash prize.

The winner can hitch a ride on any galactic space company, including Virgin Galactic or SpaceX. Other prizes include team sky diving, a paid trip to the Akihabara electronics district in Japan, and hardware hacking tools such as milling and tooling machines and 3D printers.

"We launched The Hackaday Prize because we want to see the next evolution of hardware happen right now, and we want it to be open," said Mike Szczys, managing editor of Hackaday.com.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by mendax on Tuesday April 29 2014, @07:13AM

    by mendax (2840) on Tuesday April 29 2014, @07:13AM (#37547)

    Bucks [wikipedia.org] or Buck Rogers [wikipedia.org]. I'll take the cash.

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    It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
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  • (Score: 2) by Angry Jesus on Tuesday April 29 2014, @01:24PM

    by Angry Jesus (182) on Tuesday April 29 2014, @01:24PM (#37631)

    > Bucks or Buck Rogers. I'll take the cash.

    If they aren't including the income tax, which is roughly ~$70K, the cash is the only choice most people would be able to afford.