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Sex on the Moon

by Ben Mezrich

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**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.

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