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A Star Trek nerd put his savings into Rocket Lab years ago — he's now semi-retired with $3 million in gains
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A Star Trek nerd put his savings into Rocket Lab years ago — he's now semi-retired with $3 million in gains

Yahoo Finance · Jun 13, 2026, 3:30 PM

Key takeaways

  • The stock jumped 19% after the biggest initial public offering ever, closing at around $161 and valuing the company at $2.1 trillion (1).
  • The rocket company has been a trailblazer in the industry and its record-breaking IPO has triggered interest in space stocks.
  • Robert Kiyosaki says this 1 asset will surge 400% in a year and begs investors not to miss this ‘explosion’

A Star Trek nerd put his savings into Rocket Lab years ago — he's now semi-retired with $3 million in gains Rinna Diamantakos Sat, June 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM GMT+7 5 min read SPCX RKLB Elon Musk’s Space X debuted on the Nasdaq on June 12. The stock jumped 19% after the biggest initial public offering ever, closing at around $161 and valuing the company at $2.1 trillion (1). And it kept rallying in extended trading.

The rocket company has been a trailblazer in the industry and its record-breaking IPO has triggered interest in space stocks. But for some space nerds, interest in the industry had them betting on exploration before the SpaceX hype — and it’s made some of them millionaires.

Robert Kiyosaki says this 1 asset will surge 400% in a year and begs investors not to miss this ‘explosion’

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