The Supersonic Parachutes Carrying NASA’s Martian Dreams

Jim Toomey has a weakness for space memorabilia, but he doesn’t have unlimited funds. So he had to keep his desires in check as he perused an online auction of NASA relics in May 2012. The Bradenton, Florida, entrepreneur mustered the self-discipline to skip the $53,758 baggie from Apollo 15 that had once held lunar …

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