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On September 28, 2026, Starship first entered sustained orbit, successfully deploying 26 operational-grade V3 satellites. This is Starship’s first real source of revenue—previously, the 13 missions were basically tests.

Wang Chun has recently been saying: “If you sold too early when BTC was at sixty thousand or seventy thousand, and you don’t dare to buy back when it’s above eighty thousand, consider $SPCX. It is the best investment besides Bitcoin—it’s investing in humanity’s multi-planet future. Flight 14 is a milestone: after more than 7 years of development, Starship has finally started generating revenue.”

In essence, what he means is that using Flight 14, SpaceX has been redefined from a “reusable rocket + satellite internet company” into a “foundation-infrastructure company for a multi-planet civilization.”

Four layers of meaning:

1. Most people are looking too shallowly

You only see Falcon reusability and Starlink making money—the real technical stack is the full capabilities of Starship: massive lift capacity, on-orbit refueling, point-to-point transport, and lunar/Mars bases.

Starlink is only the first layer of cash flow; Starship is the underlying tool.

2. Flight 14 is the commercialization turning point

The first time an operational payload was sent into orbit and revenue was generated, it moved from “burning money to validate” to “earning money and scaling.” Once launch cadence, payload volume, and recovery rates rise, the cost curve drops sharply—that’s the real moat.

3. The investment logic behind SPCX

Hold the long-term narrative the way you held BTC. Valuation has reached the trillion level, but what you’re buying isn’t next year’s earnings report—you’re buying the option that humanity expands to Mars. He bought his seat with real money and is preparing to fly deep into space; this narrative is consistent with him.

4. A reminder to hedge against the AI sector

When Sam Altman or Dario Amodei goes public, consider trimming your AI exposure—these two may puncture the industry’s valuation bubble. Long-term space narrative vs short-term AI overheating.

Translate into one sentence: “Starship has finally turned from a prototype into a cargo system that can generate profit. You’re still looking at SpaceX through the old Falcon + Starlink framework, and you’re already behind. The real bet is on a multi-planet civilization—Flight 14 is the first day this path starts producing cash flow. If you couldn’t hold onto Bitcoin back then, you can use the same long-term mindset now to hold SPCX. But don’t put all your money on AI.”

Note: Wang Chun, co-founder of BTC? China’s Fish Pool and an early Bitcoin miner, personally paid for and directed the 2025 Fram2 polar orbit mission. In 2026, SpaceX announced he will serve as the crew member for Starship’s first commercial crewed lunar fly-around mission, and later as the mission commander for a crewed Mars flyby task for about the next two years.