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Fortune
Allie Garfinkle

SpaceX's IPO filing is full of surprises

Elon Musk sits with his fists together, looking up. (Credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP—Getty Images)

SpaceX’s IPO prospectus is a treasure trove.

On some level, that’s expected: Elon Musk (the world’s richest person) and his businesses have long been their own landscape of lightning rods. But SpaceX has always especially captured imaginations. The company’s been around since 2002 and for decades has been revamping the once-impenetrable space economy. And the headlines have always been evocative: Reusable rockets! Colonies on Mars! Starlink everywhere!

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