SpaceX IPO explained: The price is set, but retail allocation still up in the air

SpaceX founder Elon Musk addresses members of the media during a press conference announcing new developments of the Crew Dragon reusable spacecraft, at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California on October 10, 2019. Philip Pacheco | Afp | Getty Images Nothing about SpaceX 's IPO is ordinary. The rocket maker is aiming to raise a record sum, by a wide margin, at a historic valuation, and will be controlled by Elon Musk , who's also CEO of Tesla , another trillion-dollar company. …