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Sep 2021
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EP78: The Man Who Hung Out With Astronau...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Craig Sumner tells us his involvement in NASA during the Apollo missions and how he helped build the lunar rover and TikTok influencer, TinyMakesThings, shares why she quit her corporate job to make artisan keycaps for mechanical keyboards.

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00:00 The Man Who Hung Out With Astronauts

27:30 The Artisan Keycap Maker

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