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[i]Monetary currency cannot normally be part of the Official Flight Kit. A document had to be signed by the Bank of Canada’s Chief of Currency Gerry Gaetz, certifying the flown note will not be sold or used for fundraising purposes. NASA approved the flight kit once it received that reassurance. And because the bill was being taken into space months before making its debut, Bank of Canada representatives were keen to keep it all hush-hush. They drew up a contract precisely detailing how the banknote was to be safeguarded: the $5 note was to be under the control of Chris Hadfield at all times, and when it was not in use, it — along with all information relating to it — had to be secured in a locked safe. On Oct. 4, 2012, Bank representatives dutifully arrived at the Canadian Space Agency — contract in hand — to present the banknote to Hadfield. He launched into space on Dec. 19...[/i]
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