Elon Musk replied with a single word to a clip of Ron Baron forecasting SpaceX's value. "Yup," Musk wrote on X on October 14, 2026. His reply was under a Fireside Alpha post that shared the video.Elon Musk @elonmuskLINKYupThe post summarizes the claim in its opening line and then quotes Baron at length. In the clip, Baron says SpaceX could be worth between $20 trillion and $50 trillion in ten years. He adds that Elon Musk thinks the range is "way low."Baron puts the company's value today at $2 trillion. He ties the forecast to two businesses, Starlink and data centers in space.Elon Musk's reply and what Ron Baron said about SpaceXElon Musk gave no detail beyond that single word, so it is unclear which claim he was endorsing. In the clip, Ron Baron said his forecast rests on fundamentals rather than guesswork, according to Fireside Alpha's October 14 post. He expects Starlink alone to be worth around $14 trillion or $15 trillion in ten years. That business is still at the very early stages of its growth, he said.On data centers in space, Baron said they can no longer be built on the planet. He expects that business to be a multiple of Starlink's size. A single share, he said, could be worth thousands of dollars within a decade. He also said, "We're going to make at least 20 or 30 times," without naming a baseline. The detailed case, he added, can wait for another conversation.Baron had described Starlink earlier in a clip that Fireside Alpha posted on August 12, 2026. In it, he calls Starlink the internet for the entire world. By his count, the planet has eight billion people, and three billion of them have no internet. He called service for most of the other five billionSpaceX's market swings and the Ship 40 returnForbes reported on October 13, 2026, that Elon Musk dropped below trillionaire status that Tuesday morning. SpaceX shares fell more than three percent after markets opened, and his net worth slid by about $28.6 billion. Forbes valued him at $977.2 billion at 12:20 p.m. EDT. He had regained the milestone only four days earlier, when Tesla and SpaceX shares rose late the previous week.Elon Musk became the first trillionaire after SpaceX went public in June, Forbes said. The stock then collapsed within days, and his fortune has hovered around that line for months. Forbes puts his SpaceX stake at 48.4%, citing August filings, and his Tesla holding at about 11%.Space.com reported on October 14, 2026, that Ship 40 has returned to Starbase. It is the first Starship upper stage to come home to its launch site after flying in space. The ship flew on the 13th flight test on July 24 and made a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean. It remained largely intact.SpaceX towed the 171-foot stage through rough seas for 24 days. Elon Musk doubted at the time that the recovery would succeed, Space.com said. It reached Brownsville on October 7 aboard the transport ship Forte. SpaceX said on X on October 13 that the ship will provide "first-of-its-kind data" on a flown heat shield.Elon Musk has said Flight 15 could try the first Ship catch, provided the spacecraft meets the conditions for a safe return.