Debrief: Why SpaceX May Not Be The Place For Space Investors | Aviation Week

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Robert Wall
August 17, 2026

aerial view of the Terafab chip production site in Texas

SpaceX and Tesla broke ground on the Terafab chip production site in Texas.

Credit: SpaceX

For years, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s talk of getting humans to Mars and making the species interplanetary—coupled with the rapid success of the Falcon 9 rocket and Starlink constellation—has made his missives somewhat gospel for space enthusiasts. That sentiment helped propel SpaceX’s initial public…

Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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