It's A Free Ride, as Long As You Can Pay For It

Man wins free ride to space in an Oracle-sponsored sweepstakes! IRS insists he owes tax on the value–$25K, sucker. He glumly gives up. Fox has the full story.

Well, at least it's another sign of the growing, wonderful normalization of space travel. Our own Katherine Mangu-Ward surveyed the latest trends in private space flight in this soaring Reason feature in our January issue.