They were making some progress he claimed but the reality was that the villagers needed the money.

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"I decided early on that I had to find some way of being involved in space and that I needed to make some money to be able to do it, " he says.

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If your kid in college came to you over and over saying he needed book money, but spent the money instead on beer, you might cut him off at some point, right?

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