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Hardware Hacker Contest Has Space Trip as Prize

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

A reader named Repli C8tor writes:

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: 1) by coolgopher on Tuesday April 29 2014, @09:14AM

    by coolgopher (1157) on Tuesday April 29 2014, @09:14AM (#37571)

    I would be sooooo torn if I had to pick between space and $200k. I mean... SPACE! But, money, so useful...

    (Un)Luckily for me I doubt I'll ever have to make that choice though.

  • (Score: 2) by WizardFusion on Tuesday April 29 2014, @11:00AM

    by WizardFusion (498) on Tuesday April 29 2014, @11:00AM (#37589) Journal

    Get money,
    Invest money,
    ???,
    Profit,
    Go to space on profit.

  • (Score: 2) by TheRaven on Tuesday April 29 2014, @01:44PM

    by TheRaven (270) on Tuesday April 29 2014, @01:44PM (#37640) Journal
    As the other poster said - invest. Space travel (well, near-Earth) is dropping in price as companies ramp up commercial tourist trips. Give it another 10-15 years and it will be a lot cheaper. Meanwhile, the money, well-invested, will be worth more. Buy yourself a house (or half a house) with it, and you can save up a lot in that time just by not paying rent.
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