Would You Buy the SpaceX IPO?

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🗓️ 15 December 2025

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Bloomberg and Reuters are now both reporting that SpaceX plans to go public in 2026 at a valuation that could reach $1.5 trillion, making it the biggest IPO of all time. Would you buy the SpaceX IPO? Leave a comment to let us know. Rick Munarriz, Karl Thiel, and Tim Beyers: - Talk about the prospective SpaceX IPO. - Debate the company’s status as a Rule Breaker. - Make a call on whether we’d buy the SpaceX IPO. - Answer listener Mindset questions! Companies discussed: RKLB, SpaceX Host: Tim Beyers Guests: Rick Munarriz, Karl Thiel Producer: Anand Chokkavelu Engineer: Annie Pope, Dan Boyd Disclosure: Advertisements are sponsored content and provided for informational purposes only. The Motley Fool and its affiliates (collectively, “TMF”) do not endorse, recommend, or verify the accuracy or completeness of the statements made within advertisements. TMF is not involved in the offer, sale, or solicitation of any securities advertised herein and makes no representations regarding the suitability, or risks associated with any investment opportunity presented. Investors should conduct their own due diligence and consult with legal, tax, and financial advisors before making any investment decisions. TMF assumes no responsibility for any losses or damages arising from this advertisement. We’re committed to transparency: All personal opinions in advertisements from Fools are their own. The product advertised in this episode was loaned to TMF and was returned after a test period or the product advertised in this episode was purchased by TMF. Advertiser has paid for the sponsorship of this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Would you buy the SpaceX IPO?
0:07.2	You're listening to Motley Fool Money.
0:40.0	Welcome, Fools. I'm your host, Tim Byers, and with me our two old friends and teammates, Rick Minarez and Carl Teal. We've been on rule breakers together. Guys, give it a couple more years. And our tenure on rule breakers will be retirement age. That's real. Should we be signing up for AARP? I don't know. But we're looking at the youth today. So I hope you're fully caffeinated because we got to talk about SpaceX here in the
0:46.3	prospective IPO. Bloomberg has reported that the company could go public at a $1.5 trillion valuation.
0:56.8	We'll talk a bit more about that report and then answer some mindset questions you sent us.
1:01.8	But first, we need to start with the SpaceX News.
1:04.4	So let's quickly review what we've heard.
1:08.0	But I'm going to start with a question for each of you before I give you some
1:11.1	data. What do you know about SpaceX? Carl, I'll start with you. What do you think this thing is?
1:19.5	So, SpaceX is obviously the, you know, closely associated with Elon Musk, you know,
1:27.2	certainly gets a lot of publicity for its rocket
1:30.0	launches. Sometimes they go great, sometimes not so much, but they certainly capture a lot of
1:36.0	attention. What maybe isn't quite as widely known is that about 70% of SpaceX's revenue comes from
1:43.8	Starlink, and Starlink is the network of satellites that
1:48.8	allows people to essentially make an internet connection, even when they are not near
1:56.0	the infrastructure that usually allows that to happen here on firm Earth.
2:01.7	Yeah, it's satellite internet.
2:03.6	Rick, how about you?
2:04.6	Like, what's your indelible memory of SpaceX?
2:09.1	Yeah, again, you think of the spaceships because that's what we see in the news.
2:12.0	But Starlink is up to 8 plus million subscribers now.
2:15.5	It's just like a million just a few years ago.
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