Musk's SpaceX Company's Latest Valuation of $21 Billion

【Global Science and Technology Report】 According to the British "Daily Mail" reported on July 28th, billionaire Elon Musk's space exploration technology company (SpaceX) is now valued at up to 21 billion US dollars (about 142.8 billion yuan ), has become one of the world's highest valuation private companies.

Located in Hawthorne, California, SpaceX is known for its ambitious plans to send the first human immigrants to Mars. It has joined elite venture capital companies, including Uber and Airbnb, worth more than $20 billion (approximately RMB 136 billion).

SpaceX's price per share is now 135 US dollars (about 918 yuan), higher than 96.42 US dollars in February (about 655.656 yuan). In terms of valuation, SpaceX now lags only behind Uber (worth 69.8 billion U.S. dollars, approximately 474.64 billion yuan), Airbnb (31 billion U.S. dollars, about 218.0 billion U.S. dollars), and analyst company Palantir (21.3 billion U.S. dollars). 144.84 billion yuan). The new valuation shows that it has become the fourth largest privately owned technology company in the United States.

In September 2016, SpaceX's "Falcon 9" accidentally exploded while testing on the launch pad, with a loss of 200 million U.S. dollars (approximately 1.36 billion yuan). However, SpaceX resumed work in January this year and has successfully carried out 10 rocket launches. It plans to launch a Falcon heavy rocket before the end of the year. (Internship compilation: Li Rongji review series: Li Zongze)