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NASA Space Junk Auction.The collapsed wafer-thin skin of a 90ft long Atlas rocket which space scientist Charles Bell bought from NASA for £10. It probably cost approximately £10m to build..The side of a 90ft long Atlas rocket that Charles Bell bought for $10 from NASA. It had been standing at Patrick Air Force Base at Cape Canaveral until a storm blew a tree into it. It is estimated these rockets cost around $10m to build at the time though they were bought at auction for $10,000.

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NASA Space Junk Auction.The collapsed wafer-thin skin of a 90ft long Atlas rocket which space scientist Charles Bell bought from NASA for £10. It probably cost approximately £10m to build..The side of a 90ft long Atlas rocket that Charles Bell bought for $10 from NASA. It had been standing at Patrick Air Force Base at Cape Canaveral until a storm blew a tree into it. It is estimated these rockets cost around $10m to build at the time though they were bought at auction for $10,000.