SpaceX entered public markets in the summer of 2026 carrying the weight of extraordinary ambition — reusable rockets, orbital data centers, and artificial intelligence — only to find that ambition, when priced at $1.8 trillion, leaves little room for the kind of transformative returns that turn modest investments into fortunes. The stock has already slipped below its opening price, and the company's $541 million quarterly loss amid $18.4 billion in capital spending reminds us that the distance between vision and value is rarely a straight line. For those who dream of millionaire outcomes from