Micah Maidenberg

And the next week, they might be sort of teamed up on some project as well.

But it's just this question of like, how do we deal with SpaceX is sort of one that a lot of executives and founders and engineers and investors do think hard about.

There's always concern in Washington and in sort of national security circles, especially about being overly reliant on any one company.

Because if you're in that position, then you're creating a potential risk for yourself if something happens to said company.

Officials in D.C.

sort of expect other rocket providers to sort of come online, ramp up, and provide that services, provide that competition online.

Regarding SpaceX as a publicly traded company, there's going to be more visibility into the company because they're going to be providing investor updates, quarterly reports, doing investor calls, that kind of thing that they weren't doing as a private entity.

What I'll be looking for is this huge amount of capital that they're poised to raise.

What does that mean for the Starship program?

Starship, of course, is their next generation rocket for satellites, for deeper space missions, for crew visits to the moon, for example.

What does it mean for Starlink and how that evolves to compete in internet services and telecom?

What does it mean for AI satellites?

How long will investors give...

the company a leash to sort of pursue this very tough technology and like build it up at scale.

You have a company that has like a very established like culture.

It's built around a lot of ideas that Musk holds very close to his heart, clearly.

And now it's going to be operating in public with a lot of new money to spend and apply against like really tough technical goals.

So yes, it's going to be fascinating to watch.

The company really needs it to start blasting off upgraded Starlink satellites and to start flying orbital data centers that it could use for its artificial intelligence ambitions.

None of that is possible without Starship.