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Former NASA Astronaut Builds Rocket To Pick Up Space Trash

Former NASA Astronaut Builds Rocket To Pick Up Space Trash

LIBERIA, Costa Rica -- Franklin Chang Diaz has great aspirations for his rocket: a mail-carrier for outer space, a garbage truck for orbital debris and, the ultimate goal, a shuttle to Mars.

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