There's this nagging question hanging over a potential SpaceX IPO: can they keep that bold, break-things-and-learn culture alive once public markets get involved? You know, that whole "test until it explodes" mentality that's gotten them this far. Going public tends to make companies more risk-averse, more focused on quarterly earnings than moonshots. Whether SpaceX could dodge that fate and stay scrappy—that's the real billion-dollar question investors should be asking.