STUART: BY THE WAY, SEAN’S --
I’M SORRY, ELON MUSK’S SPACEX,
THAT’S GOING TO TRY TO MAKE
HISTORY TODAY, SENDING TWO
ASTRONAUTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
LAUREN, I THINK, HOWEVER, THE
LAUNCH IS PLANNED FOR, WHAT,
4:30 THIS AFTERNOON BUT WEATHER
MAY BE A FACTOR?
LAUREN: WEATHER IS ALWAYS A
FACTOR.
RIGHT NOW THERE’S A 60% GO
CHANCE FOR THAT LAUNCH AT 4:33
BUT YES, THERE IS A CHANCE OF
RAIN AND CLOUDS.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE AND ELON
MUSK ALL EXPECTED TO ATTEND.
THIS IS A HUGE FIRST FOR
CAPITALISM, IF YOU ASK ME,
BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
THAT NASA ASTRONAUTS ARE GOING
ON A PRIVATE VEHICLE INTO ORBIT.
IT’S ALSO THE FIRST TIME SINCE
2011 THAT THEY ARE LIFTING OFF
FROM AMERICAN SOIL, NOT PAYING
$80 MILLION A SEAT FOR RUSSIA TO
TAKE OUR ASTRONAUTS TO THE ISS
SO THIS IS A MAJOR LAUNCH TODAY,
WEATHER PERMITTING.
WE HOPE IT GOES OKAY.
STUART: HOW MUCH MONEY DID
SPACEX RAISE YESTERDAY?
I KNOW A COUPLE HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS.
HOW MUCH WAS IT AND WHAT
INTEREST RATE DID THEY HAVE TO
PAY, DO YOU KNOW?
LAUREN: THEY RAISED $346 MILLION
IN THEIR LATEST ROUND OF
FUNDING, VALUING THE COMPANY AT
$36 BILLION.
I DO NOT KNOW THE INTEREST RATE
PAID.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT IT MAKES
SPACEX ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE
PRIVATE COMPANIES THERE IS AND
IF YOU THINK FURTHER, INVESTORS
ARE SAYING OH, ELON MUSK IS
PROVING THAT SPACE TOURISM MIGHT
ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO HAPPEN, AND
THAT’S HOW THEY ARE GETTING
FUNDING AT SUCH A HIGH
VALUATION.
STUART: VERY VERY GOOD STORY.
IT’S AN ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE MOVE.
COMMERCIAL MOVE INTO SPACE LED
