50 years on, an EPA time capsule at the Kennedy Space Center remains a mystery

from All Things Considered · host Zachary Turner

For the Bicentennial in 1976, the Environmental Protection Agency buried a time capsule with the promise to open it this year. It's a promise the agency may not fulfill.

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