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Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) | Jan. 31, 2022 | Jan. 18, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 22, 2021 | Aug. 25, 2021 | Jul. 12, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 23, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2016
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Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Warrants and rights outstanding |  |  | $ 58,227,000 |  |  | $ 6,514,000 | $ 0 |  |
Public Warrants [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercise price of warrants or rights |  |  | $ 3.58 | $ 0.2843 | $ 2.96 |  |  |  |
Number of securities called by each warrant or right |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |
Warrants and rights outstanding |  |  |  |  | $ 48,149,000 |  |  |  |
Private Warrants [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Warrants and rights outstanding |  |  | $ 1,592,080,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Warrants Issued and Outstanding |  |  | 5,600,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Public and Private Warrants [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercise price of warrants or rights |  |  |  | 0.2843 |  |  |  |  |
Common Stock [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercise price of warrants or rights |  |  |  | $ 11.50 |  |  | $ 1.28 | $ 1.28 | $ 0.09
Class of warrant or right number of securities called by warrants or rights |  |  |  |  |  |  | 121,689 | 121,689 | 463,710
Common Stock [Member] | Public Warrants [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Warrants and rights outstanding |  |  |  |  | $ 10,666,666,000 |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of securities called by each warrant or right | 2,951,781 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash proceeds from warrants issued | $ 126,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Warrant exercise price per share | $ 0.10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Member] | Public Warrants [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Class of warrant or right number of securities called by warrants or rights | 10,383,077 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of securities called by each warrant or right | 10,969 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash proceeds from warrants issued | $ 27,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Warrants Issued and Outstanding | 270,470 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Member] | Common Stock [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercise price of warrants or rights | $ 11.50 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Warrants and rights outstanding | $ 10,969,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Member] | SolAero Holdings, Inc [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payments to acquire businesses, Gross |  | $ 80,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash consideration transferred |  | $ 3,600,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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