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INSURE ME TO THE MOON

life insurance, the astronauts who landed on the moon left behind auto-graphed envelope covers that their loved ones could sell if they died in space. Half a century later, the so-called Apollo insurance covers produced for missions 11 through 16 are coveted collector’s items, and actual liability

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