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Can I buy shares in Elon Musk's SpaceX?
Key takeaways
- It is set to be the largest ever public sale of shares and will make Space X one of the US's top ten largest listed firms.
- But if you do, what exactly will you be buying and what are the risks?
- Space X is currently owned by Musk and other private investors.
Lucy Hooker Business reporter Mario Tama/Getty Images From next week you can buy shares in Musk's Texas-based Space X, a company that is planning to colonise Mars and put artificial intelligence (AI) data centres in space.
It is set to be the largest ever public sale of shares and will make Space X one of the US's top ten largest listed firms.
But if you do, what exactly will you be buying and what are the risks?
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