Online Shopping Gets Astronomical: Taobao Lists Trip to Outer Space

I'm into shopping. But would I spend RMB 599,999 (USD 96,000, no eights?!) with the click of a button if it meant I could travel to outer space? Let me win the lottery first and see.

Over 300 big spenders took advantage of the June 12-only Taobao listing by Dutch company, Space Expedition Corporation, which is filling spots for an hour-long round-trip flight into weightless space, according to a recent article in Jing Daily. So the rumors must be true – you can buy just about anything on Taobao.

We assume that the company didn't want to incur any lawsuits with its promise of 'weightlessness,' by allowing only those 275 pounds or less to fly.

Photo: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Flickr), Jing Daily