Capital Structure - Warrant Issuance (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	Mar. 20, 2020	Dec. 17, 2021
Class A Common Stock Warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Number of shares available for purchase (in shares)	3,000,000	3,000,000
Exercise price of warrants (in dollars per share)	$ 22.98
Warrant, number of trading days	10 days
Class A Common Stock Warrants, Founder Member Facility
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Number of shares available for purchase (in shares)	10,000,000
Warrant, loan outstanding requirement	$ 100

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

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123467817&loc=d3e21475-112644

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