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Story: SpaceX Shares Fall Below $140 After FAA Clears Starship Despite Market Shrug

By Jean-Luc Maracon

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What the FAA Actually Cleared. The review centered on the Starship Flight 12 mishap specifically.

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SpaceX's Silence on Launch Plans. SpaceX hasn't said when the next Starship launch will happen.

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What Investors Are Probably Waiting For. The next real catalyst here is almost certainly going to be an actual launch date.

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SpaceX stock slipped under $140. That happened even after the FAA wrapped up its review of the Starship Flight 12 mishap and cleared the company to move toward its next launch.

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Per data from Yahoo Finance, shares fell below the $140 mark following the FAA's decision. The agency had been examining the Starship Flight 12 incident — a necessary step before…

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The review centered on the Starship Flight 12 mishap specifically. Regulators went through the incident, assessed whether safety protocols held up, and signed off on SpaceX's…

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But the stock didn't move the way you'd probably expect. Investors had every reason to treat this as a positive catalyst — a major regulatory barrier removed, the Starship…

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The available data doesn't spell out what specifically spooked the market. SpaceX hasn't disclosed details about the timeline for the next Starship launch, which probably isn't…

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SpaceX hasn't said when the next Starship launch will happen. No schedule, no target window, no specifics.

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It's worth separating the regulatory picture from the financial one. The FAA's job is to assess safety.

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So the stock drop, while counterintuitive on the surface, isn't necessarily a verdict on the FAA's decision.

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The next real catalyst here is almost certainly going to be an actual launch date. Once SpaceX puts a timeline on the next Starship flight, the market will have something…

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SpaceX's Starship program is the centerpiece of the company's long-term ambitions. It's the vehicle meant to carry humans to the Moon, potentially Mars, and to serve as a fully…

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