Digging for Space History in Surplus Sale of NASA-Flown Gold

Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 19:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A federal surplus auction is selling a NASA flown-in-space artifact that may be worth its weight in gold — because it is gold. The six 24 karat gold plates reportedly flew in space for 69 months.

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