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Class Of Warrant Or Right, Redemption Price Per Warrant

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Class Of Warrant Or Right, Warrants Redeemed During Period

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Common Stock, Voting Rights, Votes Per Common Share

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Vendor Payments In Stock In Lieu Of Cash, Liability

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Vendor Payments In Stock in Lieu Of Cash, Shares

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Number of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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The maximum number of common shares permitted to be issued by an entity's charter and bylaws.

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Total number of common shares of an entity that have been sold or granted to shareholders (includes common shares that were issued, repurchased and remain in the treasury). These shares represent capital invested by the firm's shareholders and owners, and may be all or only a portion of the number of shares authorized. Shares issued include shares outstanding and shares held in the treasury.

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Number of shares of common stock outstanding. Common stock represent the ownership interest in a corporation.

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Stockholders' Equity (Details)				3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Stockholders' Equity (Details)	Jul. 01, 2021 shares	Mar. 31, 2021 $ / shares shares	Mar. 16, 2021 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) vote $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) vote $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 shares
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Proceeds from exercise of warrants \| $						$ 153,927,000	$ 0
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities \| $				$ 17,072,000	$ (7,988,000)	$ (22,649,000)	$ (12,562,000)
Vendor payments in shares in lieu of cash (in shares)				291,940		291,940
Vendor payments in stock in lieu of cash, liability \| $				$ 0		$ 0
Private and Public Warrants
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Proceeds from exercise of warrants \| $			$ 153,900,000
Public Warrants
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares)				0		0		13,333,309
Warrants exercised (in shares)			13,128,671
Remaining warrants redeemed (in shares)		204,638
Redemption price per warrant (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.01
Private Warrants
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares)				3,077,021		3,077,021		6,666,666
Warrants exercised (in shares)			3,589,645
Stock price of warrants (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares				$ 11.50		$ 11.50
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities \| $				$ (17,100,000)		$ (25,100,000)
Class A Common Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)				715,000,000		715,000,000
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares				$ 0.0001		$ 0.0001
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)				259,808,501		259,808,501
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)				259,808,501		259,808,501
Common stock, votes per share \| vote				1		1
Shares issued upon conversion (in shares)	10,500,000
Class B Common Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)				121,000,000		121,000,000
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares				$ 0.0001		$ 0.0001
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)				101,588,670		101,588,670
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)				101,588,670		101,588,670
Common stock, votes per share \| vote				10		10
Shares converted (in shares)	10,500,000