Sex on the Moon

By Ben Mezrich

Subjects: Officials and employees, United states, national aeronautics and space administration, Biography, Scientists, biography, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Scientists, Case studies, New York Times bestseller, Lunar geology, nyt:e-book_nonfiction=2011-07-09, Interns, Theft, United States, Lunar petrology, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, History, Thieves

Description: **Sex on the Moon** is the true story of Thad Roberts, a young Mormon geologist with an internship (a "co-op") at the Johnson Space Center, living his dream of doing work for NASA. He decides to steal several million dollars' worth of moon rocks; the title of the book describes one of his criminal motivations: his passion for his girlfriend. The actions of a rock hound from Antwerp who alerts the FBI to the crime are also followed.