19-06-2024 19:18 via thestranger.com

Billionaires Are Betting Big on Seattle’s Space Industry

Measuring economic activity and the distance of stars are directly related.by Charles MudedeThe Puget Sound Business Journal is looking at the bright side of things. Yes, Seattle's tech sector shrank not too long after the pandemic ended (or, more precisely, was normalized—it is still with us, still killing lots of people), but the space industry, which has its roots in Boeing's former domination of the region's economy, is expanding thanks to the investments by two billionaires, Elon Musk
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