PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 22 : Space-themed exchange-traded funds are blasting off, with asset managers rushing to issue new products ahead of the much-anticipated IPO by industry giant SpaceX and investors jumping aboard the space bandwagon.Space-related ETFs have attracted $1.3 billion in new cash in th

Investors are piling into space-focused ETFs and individual stocks as broader interest in the sector builds alongside massive hype around the SpaceX IPO.

SpaceX filed for an IPO and plans to list on Nasdaq under ticker SPCX, according to its SEC prospectus.

Datacenters in space, space… space.

By Joseph Adinolfi and Christine Idzelis