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I’ll admit it — I thought the whole Mars thing was the dumbest idea I’d ever heard.
Every headline made it sound like Elon Musk was obsessed with building hotels on another planet, and I let that noise shape my view.
So when an opportunity to invest in SpaceX crossed my desk, I brushed it off without hesitation. That decision turned into one of the most expensive lessons of my career…
Recently, I spent hours with someone deeply connected to the company, walking through nine slides that completely rewired how I understood the business and, more importantly, how wrong I’d been.
The Mars narrative was mostly a distraction. The real story is unfolding right here on Earth.
Take Starlink as an example. One visual showed that in just six years, SpaceX launched more satellites than the rest of the world combined since the beginning of space exploration.
It looked like a swarm wrapping around the planet, and it drove home a simple reality: while everyone else focused on Mars, SpaceX was quietly building the dominant communications network orbiting Earth.
Then there are the launch economics. Reusable rockets allow launches at roughly one-tenth the cost of competitors.
When you cut expenses by around 90%, the competitive advantage becomes almost impossible to match. That cost structure creates a moat far larger than I originally understood.
But satellites and rockets are only part of the story. The deeper I dug, the more I realized they’re building infrastructure that extends far beyond connectivity.
Think about orbital data centers where cooling becomes dramatically easier or pharmaceutical manufacturing in zero gravity that allows processes impossible on Earth.
Those are entirely new industries forming in real time, and most people aren’t paying attention.
The Halo Effect No One Talks About
If SpaceX eventually goes public, there’s another layer many investors haven’t considered.
Major indices would likely add the stock immediately, which means institutional funds tracking those benchmarks would become forced buyers from day one.
That kind of passive capital flow wouldn’t just impact SpaceX itself.
It could lift the entire ecosystem surrounding it, including suppliers, infrastructure providers and satellite component manufacturers.
That’s one reason I now track the broader space economy much more closely. I’m watching launches, infrastructure expansion and the surrounding “picks and shovels” businesses benefiting from the trend.
There are already public companies tied to this ecosystem that very few investors seem focused on.
The Lesson I Learned the Hard Way
About a year ago, I passed on investing when the company was valued around $150 billion.
If the reported $1.75 trillion valuation is even remotely accurate, that’s more than a 1,000% increase — and yes, I completely missed it.
Looking back, I should have done my own research instead of letting headlines do the thinking for me. That’s the real lesson here.
Narratives, especially sensational ones, are rarely a substitute for understanding a company’s actual fundamentals and long-term positioning.
SpaceX could still stumble. Any company can.
But it’s increasingly difficult to imagine a future where the broader space economy doesn’t become one of the defining investment themes of the coming decades.
And with the company playing a growing role in AI infrastructure, cloud processing and global connectivity, it’s clear the business is far bigger than the media narrative ever suggested.
Regardless of what you think about Elon Musk personally, the track record of creating value for investors is difficult to ignore.
If nothing else, my mistake here reinforced one thing permanently: Always look past the noise and do the homework yourself.
Graham Lindman
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