Emily Flippen

Up next, we're picking apart a space stock that's hitting a speed bump due to the government shutdown.

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Welcome back to Motley Fool Money.

Keith, now, I can't speak for you, but when I hear about space stocks, I actually cringe a little bit.

See, I'm a little bit of a space nerd, not really in any technical sense, but in the sense that if someone offered to send me to space and I could never return, I would actually take them up on it.

Also, in the sense that I perhaps bought Virgin Galactic when it went public, and I'm still sitting on 99% losses in that investment.

When I hear that Rocket Lab, which is a company looking to master satellites and payload launches, is up a bit after a really stellar third quarter earnings report, I still cannot motivate myself to get excited.

Why should I be giving this industry a second chance?

Yeah.

I mean, that all sounds interesting, guys, but I'll circle back when they offer to send me to space, you know.

Coming up next, we're evaluating if AST Space Mobile is right that you don't necessarily need to send people to space to be a winning space stock.

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Welcome back to Motley Fool Money.

As we wrap up today's show, let's discuss a lesser known space stock that is AST SpaceMobile.

Now, I think I understand why AST SpaceMobile is more thinly traded despite its size.

They're really not doing the flashy thing of space launches, but they are still building a satellite-based cellular network, which for some of the people in living more remote areas probably think is pretty cool.

Jason, when investors think of satellite cell networks, they probably think of

stuff like Starlink.

But after earnings last night, it seems that Space Mobile is doing something pretty unique here.

Why should this be on somebody's watch list?