Company Description and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Warrant Liabilities Measured at Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Roll Forward]
Reclassification of Series A warrants from liability to equity		$ 61,793
Level 3 [Member] \| Warrant Liabilities [Member]
Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Roll Forward]
Balance as of beginning of period	$ 0	27,964
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities	0	33,829
Reclassification of Series A warrants from liability to equity	0	(61,793)
Balance as of end of period	$ 0	$ 0

Adjustment to additional paid in capital resulting from the warrants converting to equity issued originally in Pre-Merger financing.

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Amount of expense (income) related to adjustment to fair value of warrant liability.

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Fair value of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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