Name: Everything is True (or Almost): Neil Armstrong & Elon Musk
Genre: Cinema
Duration: 155 s

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Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon. And Elon Musk wants to go one step further and take us to Mars. 

But they had completely different ideas about how to go about it.

Everything is True (or Almost): Neil Armstrong & Elon Musk

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