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Rob Isbitts

The SpaceX IPO Is a Bet That Retail Investors Love Elon Musk So Much They’ll Fund His Money-Losing Empire

Seeking to raise an unprecedented $75 billion at a staggering $2 trillion valuation, the SpaceX IPO is poised to become the largest initial public offering in market history.

Mainstream commentators are predictably framing this as a pure-play bet on the commercial space economy: reusable Falcon 9 rockets, the massive Starship development pipeline, and the highly profitable Starlink global satellite broadband network.

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