{"id":712,"date":"2026-04-21T12:38:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=712"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:38:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:38:20","slug":"the-spacex-ipo-is-a-trillion-dollar-gamble-on-the-future-of-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=712","title":{"rendered":"The SpaceX IPO is a trillion-dollar gamble on the future of space"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"Booster 19, or ''B19'', is seen atop pad 2 at SpaceX's South Texas facility in Cameron County, Texas, ahead of an igniter test on April 13, 2026. (Photo by Reginald Mathalone\/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | NurPhoto via Getty Images\" data-portal-copyright=\"NurPhoto via Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/gettyimages-2270719032.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tBooster 19, or &#8221;B19&#8221;, is seen atop pad 2 at SpaceX&#8217;s South Texas facility in Cameron County, Texas, ahead of an igniter test on April 13, 2026. (Photo by Reginald Mathalone\/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | NurPhoto via Getty Images\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-none\">The great SpaceX IPO is looming, allowing outside investors &#8211; including regular Joe Schmoes, or retail investors &#8211; to buy a stake in one of the buzziest and most controversial companies on the planet for the first time. Depending on who you ask, it&#8217;s either the best investment opportunity you&#8217;ll see this decade or a fool&#8217;s errand to rip off credulous Musk fanboys. With valuations of the company going to sky-high levels, over $1 trillion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/how-math-works-175-trillion-spacex-valuation-2026-04-08\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to some estimates<\/a>, there&#8217;s certainly a furor around the potential for rich returns. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">But is there really any money to be made in space? <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Let&#8217;s be clear: There are plenty of companies making money  \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/science\/915244\/spacex-ipo-trillion-dollar-commercial-iss-nasa-launch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Booster 19, or &#8221;B19&#8221;, is seen atop pad 2 at SpaceX&#8217;s South Texas facility in Cameron County, Texas, ahead of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}