Yesterday, SpaceX went public in what was by far the largest IPO in history. As for the long-term prospects, the IPO prospectus stated: “We believe that our current space efforts will catalyze transformative breakthroughs that could reshape terrestrial industries and lead to the emergence of new trillion-dollar markets on the Moon, Mars, and beyond.”
Exactly how such trillion-dollar markets might emerge is not explained in the prospectus. One crucial prerequisite would be the establishment of private property rights on celestial bodies. For example, if a company such as SpaceX were able to acquire land on Mars, it could later package that land into REITs and list them on stock exchanges. This would open up extraordinary opportunities. The prospectus avoids discussing this issue because the legal situation remains unclear.
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