13-01-2015 23:53 via slog.thestranger.com

Elon Musk Says "Maybe a Thousand" Seattleites Will Help Him Colonize Mars

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSSA shot of Mars from NASA's Curiosity rover, September 2013. Imagine having WiFi here!
You though tech was newest Seattle job-grower. But you were wrong! It’s space. Mars, to be specific.
In an interview with Bloomberg, rocket and PayPal entrepreneur Elon Musk revealed more about his plans for a satellite engineering office in Seattle. Commercial satellites built here, he said, will help him build a future colony on Mars.
Last year, Musk and Google
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