Last year, he hired undersea experts to scan the ocean floor to find the massive engines that propelled the Apollo 11's space capsule from Earth to outer space.

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Over the weekend, it was also reported that Japanese experts have found a large deposit of rare earth minerals on the floor of the Pacific Ocean.

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