SpaceX's stock market blast-off could be Musk's biggest gamble yet

SpaceX's stock market blast-off could be Musk's biggest gamble yet35 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleSimon Jack Business editorBBCIt's 07:25 am, 13 October 2024, at Starbase, near Boca Chica on the Texas side of the US/Mexico border, and on the launch pad stands the biggest rocket ever made. Its engines fire and it climbs into the skies over the Gulf of Mexico to cheers and screams in the SpaceX control room.But the launch is not the main event. What goes up must come down – and how it comes down will become a milestone in space exploration.Seven minutes later, the massive rocket booster that blasted the craft towards space starts falling back to Earth – until its engines reignite as planned.

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