A long, strange, EV trip highlights lack of charging infrastructure

Blue Origin sends more people to suborbital space: The company’s list of spacefliers has grown to 31 over the course of a little more than a year after today’s flight from Launch Site One in West Texas. The flight included the first Egyptian and Portuguese citizens to reach the final frontier. Read more. 

Boeing gives $10M to new UW building: The University of Washington is breaking ground next month on its $90 million Interdisciplinary Engineering Building. Boeing says its gift is an investment in the future. Read more. 

Flying Heritage collection sold: The museum in Everett, Wash., started by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2004, is selling its artifacts to Steuart Walton, grandson of Walmart founder Sam Walton. Walton’s Wartime History Museum plans to reopen the Flying Heritage Combat and Armor Museum.

Company sues Seattle over parking payment patent: A mysterious company which acquired a trio of parking technology patents that predate the iPhone, is using one of those patents as the basis for lawsuits against the cities of Seattle and Sacramento over their use of mobile parking and payment technology from PayByPhone Technologies Inc. Read more.

The rise of high-tech real estate investing platforms: There are several growing startups making it easier for individuals to buy shares in properties. The companies have sparked debate over their impact on the lack of affordable housing. Read more.