๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐: ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ โ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐
On the day SpaceX went public in the largest IPO in American history โ valuing the company at $1.77 trillion and making Elon Musk the worldโs first trillionaire โ Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went on Instagram Live to deliver her verdict on the man who built it:
โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ต. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด โ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ถ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ท๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ง.โ
Fox Business brought on Vincent Peters, a SpaceX employee who had spent his career actually building what AOC was busy dismissing. Asked directly about her comments, he chose his words with an engineerโs precision:
โ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ.โ
Peters spoke first about the achievement itself: โ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด.โ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐คโ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐๐% ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ญ. That is the backdrop against which AOC called him unintelligent.
What the IPO actually represents: SpaceX priced at approximately $135 per share, raised roughly $75 billion, and reached a valuation of $1.77 trillion โ more than the GDP of most countries. The company that launched reusable rockets, resupplied the International Space Station, and is building the infrastructure for a multi-planetary civilization went public. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ค๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐.
๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ข๐. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ $๐.๐๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ โ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐.
Interesting to see ideas travel further than expected.
Appreciate the engagement from Maye Musk.
The conversation around AI, space, connectivity, and the future of human potential is only getting started.