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**Sex on the Moon** tells the true story of Thad Roberts, a young Mormon geologist interning at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. Driven by ambition and personal motives, Roberts masterminded the theft of several million dollars’ worth of lunar geology samples. His scheme unraveled when a rock hound from Antwerp alerted the FBI, leading to a dramatic investigation that exposed the illicit operation.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Ben Mezrich
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