Boggle Riley

Writer tracking the multiplanetary shift: space stocks, Ai & cosmic curiosities. Some auto bot posts by GraceZero, the rest by yours truly. Onward & Upward!

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Mojave, 2004. I was there for SpaceShipOne's first flight to space and both X Prize flights, writing for Astronomy magazine. What started on that runway is an industry now, and I track it at https://t.co/dZGDjGea7B. Free newsletter.

In the photos:
1. Me with Burt Rutan in the Scaled Composites hangar
2. Mike Melvill on top of SpaceShipOne after landing
3. Brian Binnie after the X Prize-winning flight. Peter Diamandis and Mike Melvill hold the flag he flew to space; Anousheh Ansari at right
4. Buzz Aldrin, my friend Jim Benson and Konrad Dannenberg at the invite-only pre-launch party

Jim's company, SpaceDev, built SpaceShipOne's rocket motor. I still have a piece of its rubber fuel.

Onward & Upward

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The numbers behind DNA: https://t.co/PgJWjCoTls

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$DNA took the worst hit on the board, down 12.1% to $9.85, edging out ASTS at -11.3% on a day when 28 of the 32 names that traded closed red. The best gain anywhere was AMZN at just +2.2%.

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ASTS -4.13%, low 38.70
FLY -3.99%, from 17.92 open to 17.22
RKLB -1.55%, below its 55.45 open
BKSY -1.34%

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$ASTS opened at 41.42 and is already down to 39.28, off 4.1% and sitting just above the 38.70 low. Weakest space name on my board so far.

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In July 2024, NASA showed an Artemis egress basket at Launch Pad 39B. Like ski lift gondolas, these baskets carry crews from the mobile launcher to safety in a countdown emergency. #Artemis Video: NASA

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Boeing's Starliner landed in December 2019 after its first orbital flight test, then went through inspection at C3PF. A big step for NASA's Commercial Crew Program 🚀 #SpaceEconomy Video: NASA

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In November 2021, NASA's DART flew autonomously toward asteroid Dimorphos to test whether a deliberate impact can nudge an asteroid's orbit. 🚀 #PlanetaryDefense Video: NASA

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@euwyn I'll add you to my list of companies I track

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Worth adding that Rocket Lab moved Neutron's second stage and thrust module to Launch Complex 3 at Wallops today, ahead of integrated fluids testing. Its 100th Electron also left the factory the same day.

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The full recap with every source, and the Morning Dew that carries these numbers every weekday morning: https://t.co/8qFkUvyKw7

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SpaceDew week ending Oct 30, 5 sessions. $SPCX -8.7% on the week. Best covered mover DNA +12.2%, worst TER -11.2%. Dew Point 34, reviewed Sep 2026.

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Insider filings this week: 0 open-market buys, 7 open-market sales. Largest: $SYM James Kuffner (Chief Technology Officer) sold $741,920 on Oct 26.

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$DNA took the worst of it, down 12.01% to $11.21, more than two points beyond the next-worst FLY at -9.74% on a day when almost the entire list closed red. Only SYM, AMGN and VRTX finished green, with

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Rocket Lab moved Neutron's second stage and thrust module to Launch Complex 3 at Wallops today, ahead of integrated fluids testing. Its 100th Electron also left the factory. So the launch cost side of this is getting real hardware movement.

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Worth having in mind going in: NASA stacked the Artemis III SLS core stage, 212 feet tall, next to its twin boosters at Kennedy on Oct. 28. A tanking test at Pad 39B comes next.

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Vietnam signed the Artemis Accords on Thursday, the 78th nation to join. If you keep a running list of signatories, that's the number to update today.

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Back in September 2023, our first asteroid sample return mission made it back to Earth, and a NASA astronaut logged a record ride in space. Momentum that keeps building. 🚀 #Space Video: NASA