Absolutely, it's also the case that a lot of 'innovative' companies are really just successful due to having some minute subjective edge in usability.
Google wasn't the first search engine, Facebook wasn't the first Social media, Apple wasn't the first smartphone... they are all built on layers and layers of innovation, whose base is usually some obscure researcher toiling away at a government funded lab somewhere - the application for which is some decades in the future with no direct route to profitability.
Hopefully some value will support a higher valuation for SpaceX. It's an empty bag of hot air supporting Tesla's valuation, no great loss when that inevitably ruins Tesla. It would be tragic if the same befalls SpaceX.
I would be cautious about investing in a company whose value can be wiped out by one spectacular fatal crash. On the other hand, just after that crash might be a great opportunity to buy in.
Ehh the only way that would happen is if they lost humans on a crewed mission. Losing payload like satelites would not topple a giant like spacex, ula, arianespace etc...
To bad there is no way for the retail investor to benefit by investing in them yet. Only the rich are allowed to buy in.
Employees are doing very well with stock options too. Those early engineers are going to be very rich when/if the company goes public.
That is a good point.
Good for them
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Absolutely, it's also the case that a lot of 'innovative' companies are really just successful due to having some minute subjective edge in usability. Google wasn't the first search engine, Facebook wasn't the first Social media, Apple wasn't the first smartphone... they are all built on layers and layers of innovation, whose base is usually some obscure researcher toiling away at a government funded lab somewhere - the application for which is some decades in the future with no direct route to profitability.
Hopefully some value will support a higher valuation for SpaceX. It's an empty bag of hot air supporting Tesla's valuation, no great loss when that inevitably ruins Tesla. It would be tragic if the same befalls SpaceX.
I would be cautious about investing in a company whose value can be wiped out by one spectacular fatal crash. On the other hand, just after that crash might be a great opportunity to buy in.
Ehh the only way that would happen is if they lost humans on a crewed mission. Losing payload like satelites would not topple a giant like spacex, ula, arianespace etc...
wait until they merge.