SpaceX’s initial public offering is the market’s version of the Melbourne Cup.Most people are watching it from miles away and can’t actually be on Wall Street or at the company’s “Starbase” headquarters in Texas when it lists on Friday night. But they still can’t help but get swept up in the hype and the story of Elon Musk colonising Mars, data centres in space and the biggest IPO show in the world, ever.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles