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In 1976, a NASA Intern Purchased 1,150 Tapes From the Agency for $200. Thirty-Two Years Later, He Discovered that the Contents of Three of Them Were Worth $182 Million.

One batch of coils purchased $217 at a surplus sale contained Apollo 11's magnetic tapes. Three of them reached $1.82 million at auction, more than forty years later.

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He Bought Old NASA Tapes for $217 and Three Decades Later Became a Millionaire

A former NASA intern bought a package of videotapes in 1976 for just $217, discovering decades later that he owned the original recordings of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

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He Bought Old NASA Tapes for $217 and Three Decades Later Became a Millionaire

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In 1976, a NASA Intern Purchased 1,150 Tapes From the Agency for $200. Thirty-Two Years Later, He Discovered that the Contents of Three of Them Were Worth $182 Million.

He Bought Old NASA Tapes for $217 and Three Decades Later Became a Millionaire

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In 1976, a NASA Intern Purchased 1,150 Tapes From the Agency for $200. Thirty-Two Years Later, He Discovered that the Contents of Three of Them Were Worth $182 Million.

He Bought Old NASA Tapes for $217 and Three Decades Later Became a Millionaire

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