SpaceX Is Raising $500M at a $30.5B Valuation

Re:SpaceX Is Raising $500M at a $30.5B Valuation by mabbo on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @07:08PM (#18711820)

That's a good point. Still, I can see reasons for raising it's perceived value over last year.

A year ago, Falcon Heavy still hadn't launched. Will that happen in 2018? Ever? We didn't know.

A year ago, we were still barely a year since the 2016 pad explosion- is this going to happen again? How often? What if it happens tomorrow?

And most importantly, we've doubled (ish?) the number of landings. With more data, we've got a better estimate on the expected future success rate.

SpaceX is becoming a less risky investment. There was always a valuation hit because of that risk.

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Re:SpaceX Is Raising $500M at a $30.5B Valuation by taneq on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @08:37PM (#18712315)

Given the advances they've made in the past year I think 10% is a conservative estimate of the change in valuation. And, as others have said, if Starlink pans out then they will effectively corner the market on broadband internet, which is a massive multi-billion dollar industry.

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