Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

SamuelTheThird

(1,473 posts)

5. Its future beyond the hype seems dim

Reply to TheProle (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 05:39 PM

Monday

His AI sucks, his dreams of populating mars are insane. From what I read spacex needs to bring in 150 to 200 billion a year in revenue over the next decade to justify its valuation. Starlink is the only profitable piece of that, and it isn't anywhere close to that.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

14 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

SpaceX Investors Are Losing a Colossal Amount of Money [View all] SamuelTheThird Monday OP

Musk is not..... Lovie777 Monday #1

Still +$29 above intitial cost per share. TheProle Monday #2

its 154 today SamuelTheThird Monday #3

Fair enough. Didn't check the close. TheProle Monday #4

Its future beyond the hype seems dim SamuelTheThird Monday #5

Assessing stock based on a horizon of a few days is just silly. TheProle Monday #7

Is that what I did? SamuelTheThird Monday #9

Unfortunately the market can stay irrational far longer than people shorting the stock EdmondDantes_ Monday #10

But people did lose money SamuelTheThird Tuesday #13

Permanent colony on Mars with one million inhabitants DFW Monday #6

A Mars colony with one million inhabitants?? Disaffected Monday #8

Yeah D_Master81 Monday #11

If there's one thing I've learned the past 5 years D_Master81 Monday #12

It's all a scam to push debt onto the public while Elmo pushes up his net worth. BlueTsunami2018 Tuesday #14