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Sex On The Moon: The Amazing Story Behind The Most Audacious Heist In History (2011)

by Ben Mezrich(Favorite Author)

3.34 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0385533926 (ISBN13: 9780385533928)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Doubleday

review 1: I'm tempted to add a new category for books called "what the hell were you thinking?" Mezrich, author of The Accidental Billionaires (later made into the movie The Social Network) never seems to come close to answering this question. Sex on the Moon chronicles the brief rise and spectacular fall of Thad Roberts. Within a few short years of being thrown out of his crushing Mormon family, Roberts finds himself working at NASA. Driven by an immense desire to be an astronaut, Roberts flies through a triple major, extra-curricular groups and anything else he can do to increase his changes of someday walking on Mars. He is rewarded with an internship-type position at NASA. Then, mysteriously and so very close to a full-time job, he decides to instead instigate a major hei... morest of moon samples potentially worth billions. While Mezrich certainly speculates elaborately on Roberts' motivations, and does interview him also, Roberts' actions never do seem convincingly or clearly explained. Rationally, risking it all for a year's salary and a girl who is already firmly enamored just don't seem to add up. Puzzling, tense and, if nothing else, a hell of a good story.
review 2: The story of Thad Roberts- an aspiring astronaut.When he was 22, Thad was hired on as a co-op at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He started out as an Astrophysicist, moved to Geo-astrophysicst, and then eventually became a Flight Lead in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory where he SCUBA dived with the astronauts, helped train them for their EVAs (space walks), and participated in underwater studies of the International Space Station mock-ups.At age 25 Thad fell in love with a brilliant and beautiful Biology intern at NASA. The girl, Thad, and a few other students pulled off the biggest heist in history- stealing lunar samples from NASA.It's interesting, but not one of the best books I've read. I found it really interesting that he was born and raised Mormon, and even started to serve a mission before coming home early. Its interesting that it's mentioned in the book too- multiple times. Even though he isn't an active member, growing up as he did obviously had a profound impact on him. less

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