My SpaceX IPO take: 1. SpaceX’s near 100% reliance on government contracts before Starlink makes the company’s success less cool 2. Reusable rockets are amazing. Such a powerful moment when that was demonstrated for first time. 3. Starlink is amazing too and now accounts for most of their revenue. 4. Tesla is more impressive as an accomplishment because it was a consumer driven success from beginning to end that was less dependent on government money (though still was) 5. Most people don’t understand that you need to allow people to become rich. Otherwise there is less incentive to work hard and invent. If your country blocks this, these talented people will otherwise leave your country or channel their talents into being a mob boss or corporate/government cronyism. It’s better to explain this to people who don’t understand it than to shame them. 6. Cool that so many employees became rich at the same time. It’s an amazing human accomplishment and a testament to America’s greatness but, I dunno, it feels overrated and fake somehow, so I can’t celebrate it as much I might’ve a few years ago.