"Joseph Ritchie" (born 1947) is an options and commodities trader, international businessman, presidential advisor, serial entrepreneur, aviator and father of ten. In 1977 he founded Chicago Research and Trading (CRT) and currently serves as the head of Fox River Partners. According to BusinessWeek, "Ritchie is widely acknowledged to be one of the sharpest minds in the options business."

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You're going to have to ask Steve about that. After the last one, I think he thought no way, but after the passage of time, I think he rethought things and decided to try it.

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I think he's down. Last we could hear, as [mission control] was talking him down, was a crunching noise you could hear and the antenna would normally break off and he lost contact so I assume he's on the ground.

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All we can do is watch the weather.

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