Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded in a massive fireball while undergoing a test on a Florida launchpad Thursday evening, dealing a major setback to the Jeff Bezos-backed firm in its efforts to challenge a dominant SpaceX. Blue Origin and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said it was too early to determine the cause of the explosion and described it as “a very rough day” in a post on X. Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Matt Bloxham joined Caroline Hepker to discuss the implications.
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@118Columbus
May 29, 2026 at 4:16 pm
Faceplant — Fail
@jimshreve83
May 29, 2026 at 4:36 pm
Blue Origin keeping up with SpaceX???
They have never been anywhere close to being a competitor. Now their government launch contracts will be in jeopardy as well as LEO, Blue Moon, ULA, and all manifested payloads will be on hold for at least a year probably closer to two years. The only thing positive is if they can get their other pad online for testing by the end of the year.
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May 29, 2026 at 4:43 pm
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May 29, 2026 at 4:43 pm
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May 29, 2026 at 4:44 pm
Full degen mode activated, I’m in Klaxus!
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May 29, 2026 at 4:51 pm
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May 29, 2026 at 4:51 pm
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May 29, 2026 at 4:53 pm
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May 29, 2026 at 4:53 pm
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May 29, 2026 at 4:53 pm
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May 29, 2026 at 4:53 pm
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May 29, 2026 at 4:53 pm
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May 29, 2026 at 4:53 pm
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May 29, 2026 at 4:53 pm
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May 29, 2026 at 4:54 pm
Big wallets piling into SPAX41K ahead of Trump news?
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May 29, 2026 at 4:54 pm
If rest is going down then SPAX41K is somehow going up
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May 29, 2026 at 4:54 pm
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May 29, 2026 at 4:54 pm
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May 29, 2026 at 4:54 pm
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May 29, 2026 at 4:54 pm
Trump rumor fueling serious hype on $SPAX41K right now.
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May 29, 2026 at 4:54 pm
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May 29, 2026 at 4:54 pm
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May 29, 2026 at 4:55 pm
SPAX41K not giving meme coin vibes, more like early cult vibes
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May 29, 2026 at 4:55 pm
Why does SPAX41K feel like the only coin actually moving up when everything else is flat?
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May 29, 2026 at 4:55 pm
Market makers probably loading SPAX41K quietly
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May 29, 2026 at 4:55 pm
SPAX41K price structure looks ready for breakout
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May 29, 2026 at 4:55 pm
FOMO is going to kick in soon and SPAX41K might run 50x
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May 29, 2026 at 4:55 pm
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May 29, 2026 at 4:55 pm
Michael Saylor just officially added SPAX41K into his portfolio, that says a lot
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May 29, 2026 at 4:56 pm
BNB red, SOL bleeding, ADA weak, yet SPAX41K still green on my 7-day list.
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May 29, 2026 at 4:56 pm
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@maegandamon
May 29, 2026 at 4:56 pm
So $SPAX41K could really go x80? I’m not ignoring that upside
@daShadoSage
May 30, 2026 at 1:32 am
Are we comparing number of explosions? How many exploded this year with SpaceX?