Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History

Thad Roberts a fellow in a prestigious NASA program had an ideamdasha romantic albeit crazy idea He wanted to give his girlfriend the moon Literally Thad convinced his girlfriend and another female accomplice both NASA interns to break into an impregnable laboratory at NASAmdashpast security checkpoints an electronically locked door with cipher security codes and camera-lined hallwaysmdashand help him steal the most precious objects in the world the moon rocksBut what does one do with an item so valuable that itrsquos illegal even to own And was Thad Robertsmdashundeniably gifted picked for one of the most competitive scientific posts imaginable a possible astronautmdashreally what he seemedMezrich has pored over thousands of pages of court records FBI transcripts and NASA documents and has interviewed most of the participants in the crime to reconstruct this Oceanrsquos Elevenndashstyle heist a madcap story of genius love and duplicity that reads like a Hollywood thrill rideFrom the Hardcover edition.