Ben Mezrich - Sex on the Moon
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Thad Roberts, a fellow in a prestigious NASA programme had an idea - a 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 impenetrable laboratory at NASAs headquarters - past security checkpoints, and electronically locked door with cipher security codes and camera-lined hallways - and help him steal the most precious objects in the world: Apollo moon rocks from every moon landing in history. Was Thad Roberts - undeniably gifted, picked for one of the most competitive scientific posts imaginable - really what he seemed? And what does one do with an item so valuable that its illegal even to own? Based on meticulous research into thousands of pages of court records, FBI transcripts and documents, and scores of interviews with the people involved, Mezrich - with his signature high-velocity swagger - has reconstructed the madcap story of genius, love, and duplicity all centred on a heist that reads like a Hollywood thrill ride.
Amazon.com ReviewAmazon Best Books of the Month, July 2011: In this true story of love and adventure, nothing can stop Thad Roberts from keeping a promise to his girlfriend Rebecca--not even NASA security. When hes in the lab, Roberts is a brilliant NASA co-op intern, but the other interns know him better for devising thrill-seeking activities, like cliff diving and sneaking into the shuttle simulator. When he realizes that scientists consider moon rocks worthless once theyve been in experiments, Roberts starts to wonder if theyre worthless, how could stealing them be wrong? Ben Mezrich, author of The Accidental Billionaires (which inspired the movie The Social Network), starts each section with excerpts of Robertss love letters to Rebecca from prison, providing a love-drunk context for Roberts journey as the moon rock heist balloons from idle fantasy to stark reality. Behind-the-scenes looks at NASAs Johnson Space Center and thriller-like action that ranges from the U.S. to Belgium make for an enthralling read for anyone who ever dreamed about being an astronaut--or promised to give someone else the moon. --Malissa Kent
Review[M]ovie-worthy treatment to the guy who stole moon rocks from NASA--The New York Daily News
[An] in-depth look at Thad Roberts, who along with three other NASA interns, stole pieces of lunar rock to impress his girlfriend. Mezrich has done extensive research to recreate the story of how an aspiring astronaut ended up getting caught for stealing over 100 pieces of the moon.--The Atlantic Monthly
[Mezrich is] a genius at using characters and dialogue....to turn nonfiction into something as compelling as any thriller.--The Chronicle Herald
In Sex on the Moon, author Ben Mezrich details the riveting account of how one of the most improbable heists in history went down....a fast and furious read, powered along by Mezrichs desire never to take his eyes off the story.
--Chicago Post-Tribune
[A]n out-of-this-world heist--*USA Today
Ben Mezrichs latest straight-to-the-big-screen book....fascinating protagonist.....[Mezrich is] an accomplished storyteller.....a rollicking summertime page-turner crackling with sex, astronauts, stolen dinosaur bones and international cyber-intrigue--The Miami Herald
A breathless, credulous style....memorable supporting characters....adventure, sex, romance, a hero who is equal parts Clifford Irving from The Hoax, Frank Abagnale from Catch Me If You Can, and George Bailey from Its a Wonderful Life,....entertaining--The Boston Globe*
[A] thrilling account of space rock heist...fun, breezy action--Tampa Tribune
Eloquent prose and a direct view into the characters mind...the access to Roberts and re-creation of his motivation and personality are Sex On The Moons best qualities.
--The Onion
[A] fascinating story....has the readability of popular fiction, a ripping story, and great characters....Another winner from an extremely talented writer--Booklist, starred review
Mezrich has uncovered another high-stakes, fascinating true story....part love story, part madcap caper, part astro-geekery, the book is one of the summers most fun reads.--NPR
Out of this world heist...one of the summers most buzzed-about books--CNN.com
Page-turner....engaging read.--San Antonio Express-News
Ben Mezrich, the gonzo-inspired biographer of Ivy League geeks.....[brings us a]stranger-than-fiction, true-life thriller of a man who went where no man has gone before....[the] story ticked all the boxes: a charismatic dreamer with a troubled past, a Romeo-and-Juliet love story, a geek-alicious high-tech setting, an ingenious Oceans 11-style heistand perhaps the most boneheaded mistake any man ever made to impress a girl. Even better, it was a journalists Holy Grail: a truly uncovered story.--Book Page
Deliciously readable--*Baltimore Jewish Times
Ben Mezrich goes to incredible lengths to bring readers a story that is both accurate and spellbinding, honest and riveting--Portsmouth Wire*
A pulse-pounding tale--Patriot Ledger
This is the incredible story of a crime truly out of this world, told with verve by Mezrich--News of the World
Compelling--Atlanta Jewish Times
[E]nthusiastically re-creates this oddball 2002 moon-rock heist--Kirkus Reviews
Praise for The Accidental Billionaires, the basis of the Oscar-winning film The Social Network
Uproarious . . . stimulating enough to keep even the un-medicated narcoleptic awake.
Washington Times
Mezrichs prose has a cinematic flavor.
Boston Globe
You wont be able to put the book down. The storys far too compelling, and entirely too personal, to toss aside.
Oregonian
High-octane page-turners, replete with sex, skullduggery, and plot twists worthy of James Patterson.
New York Times
The book is better; you should read the book.
Alex Rodriguez
You know youre onto something when Hollywood calls before your book is even out.
Entertainment Weekly
Sizzling . . . Mezrichs pop narrative reveals an American public greedy to read about the most intimate details of the sex, money, and betrayal in Facebooks formative history . . . energetic.
Telegraph
Mezrich paints a story of backstabbing, wild sex, hard drinking, and, at one stage, feasting on roasted koala on a yacht owned by a Silicon Valley millionaire.
Guardian
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About the Book
Thad Roberts, a fellow in a prestigious NASA programme, had an idea a 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 impenetrable laboratory at NASAs headquarters past security checkpoints, and electronically locked door with cipher security codes and camera-lined hallways and help him steal the most precious objects in the world: Apollo moon rocks from every moon landing in history.
Was Thad Roberts undeniably gifted, picked for one of the most competitive scientific posts imaginable really what he seemed?
And what does one do with an item so valuable that its illegal even to own?
Based on meticulous research into thousands of pages of court records, FBI transcripts and documents, and scores of interviews with the people involved, Mezrich with his signature high-velocity swagger has reconstructed the madcap story of genius, love, and duplicity all centred on a heist that reads like a Hollywood thrill ride.
About the Author
Ben Mezrich is the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House , in addition to nine other books. The major motion picture , starring Kevin Spacey, was based on Bringing Down the House . The Oscar-winning film The Social Network was adapted from The Accidental Billionaires . Mezrich lives in Boston with his wife and son.
ALSO BY BEN MEZRICH
The Accidental Billionaires
Rigged
Breaking Vegas
Ugly Americans
Bringing Down the House
The Carrier
Skeptic
Fertile Ground
Skin (an X-Files book)
Reaper
Threshold
To Asherthis one will always be special, because you came into our world somewhere between Chapter 1 and Chapter 10. And maybe, just maybe, by the time youre old enough to read this, together well be watching someone take those first steps on Mars
Sex on the Moon is a dramatic, narrative account based on multiple interviews, numerous sources, and thousands of pages of court documents. I have tried to keep the chronology and the details of this narrative as close to exact as possible. Thad Roberts was generous with his time in helping me reconstruct this amazing story; thus many of the inferences are from his perspective, and I have done my best to describe these events as true to his individual perceptions as I could, without endorsing them myself. Since this is, at its heart, the story of Thads journey, much of it is from his point of view. I am especially grateful for his permission to quote letters he wrote from prison; they are interspersed throughout the book.
In some instances, details of settings and descriptions have been changed to protect identities; certain names, individuals characterizations, physical descriptions, and histories have been altered to protect privacy, in some cases at the characters own request. I do employ the technique of re-created dialogue: I have based this dialogue on the recollections of the participants I interviewed, but many of these conversations took place ten years ago, and thus some were re-created and compressed.
I address sources more fully in my acknowledgments, but it is appropriate here to again thank Thad Roberts for his incredible generosity. I would also like to thank Axel Emmermann, Gordon McWhorter, and Matt Emmi for their time, as well as numerous other sources who have asked to remain anonymous.
It had to be the strangest getaway in history.
Thad Roberts tried to control his nerves as he stared up through the windshield of the idling four-wheel-drive Jeep. The rain was coming down in violent gray sheets, so fierce and thick he could barely make out the bright red traffic light hanging just a few feet in front of him. He had been sitting there for what seemed like forever; a long stretch of pavement serpentined into the gray mist behind him, winding back past a half-dozen other traffic lightsall of which hed had to wait through, in exactly the same fashion. Even worse, between the lights hed had to keep the Jeep at an agonizing five miles per houra veritable crawl along the desolate, rain-swept streets of the tightly controlled compound. It was unbelievably hard to drive at five miles per hour, especially when your neurons were going off like fireworks and your heart felt like it was going to blow right through your rib cage. But five miles per hour was the mandatory speed limit of the compoundposted every few yards on signs by the roadand at five miles per hour, once you hit one red light, you were going to hit them all.
Thads fingers whitened against the Jeeps steering wheel as he watched the red glow, willing it to change to green. He wanted nothing more than to gun the engine, put his foot right through the floor, break the speed limit, and get the hell out of there. But he knew that there were cameras everywherethat the entire getaway was being filmed and broadcast on more than a dozen security consoles. For this to work, he had to stay calm, obey the rules. He had to appear as if he belonged.
He took a deep breath, let the red glow from the traffic light splash across his cheeks. Only a few more seconds. He used the opportunity to toss a quick glance toward the passenger seatwhich didnt help at all. Sandra looked even more terrified than he felt. Her face was ivory white, her eyes like saucers. He wanted to say something to calm her down, but he couldnt think of the words. She was pretty, with blondish-brown hair; even younger than Thad, barely nineteen years old. Maybe not the ideal accomplice for something like thisbut she was an electronics specialist, and she had practically begged to be a part of the scheme.
Thad shifted his eyes toward the center seat between them, and almost smiled at the sight of his girlfriend crouched down beneath the dashboard, her lithe body curled up into a tight little ball. Rebecca had jet-black hair, cut short against her alabaster skin, and she was even prettier than Sandra. She had just turned twenty. But as young as she was, she was the only one of the three of them who didnt look scared. Her blue eyes were positively glowing with excitement. To her, this was beyond thrillingreally, James Bond kind of shit. Looking at her, Thad was infused with adrenaline. They were so damn close.
And suddenly he was bathed in green as the light finally changed. Thad touched the gas pedal, and the Jeep jerked forwardthen he quickly lifted his footmaking sure the speedometer read exactly 5 mph. The slow-motion getaway continued, the only sounds the rumble of the Jeeps engine and the crackle of the rain against the windshield.
A bare few minutes later, they came to the last traffic lightand again, of course, it was red. Even worse, Thad quickly made out the security kiosk just a few yards to the left of the light. He could see at least two uniformed guards inside. Thad held his breath as he slowed the Jeep to a stop at the light; he kept his head facing forward, willing Sandra to do the same. He didnt want to have to explain why he was at the compound, past midnight on a Saturday. Thad was counting on the fact that neither of the guards would be eager to step out into the rain to interrogate him. Even so, if one of the guards had looked carefully, he might have noticed that the Jeep was sagging in the back. In fact, the vehicles rear axle was bent so low that the chassis almost scraped the ground as they idled at the traffic stop.
The sag of the Jeep was one of the few things that Thad and his two accomplices hadnt planned. A miscalculation, actually: the safe that Thad and the two girls had hoisted into the back of the Jeepless than ten minutes agoweighed much more than Thad had expected, probably close to six hundred pounds. It had taken all three of them and a levered dolly to perform the feat, and even so Thad had strained every muscle in his back and legs getting the damn thing situated properly. Thad was just thankful that the Jeeps axle hadnt collapsed under the weight. As it was, he was pretty sure that even a cursory inspection of the vehicle would be enough to blow the whole operation.
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