NASA Chief Salutes 'Bold Venture' to Raise Sunken Apollo 11 Engines

by Robert Z. Pearlman, collectSPACE.com Editor

Date: 31 March 2012 Time: 10:14 AM ET

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A close-up view of an F-1 engine for the Saturn V rocket’s first stage. Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos says he has found of the five engines used to launch Apollo 11 and plans to raise at least one from the ocean floor. CREDIT: NASA View full size image

NASA's chief hopes that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has "all the luck in the world" recovering one or more of the engines that launched the first manned moon landing mission from where the dot-com billionaire recently discovered them on the ocean floor.

"I would like to thank Jeff Bezos for his communication with NASA informing us of his historic find," said Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator, in a statement issued Friday (March 30). "I salute him and his entire team on this bold venture."

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