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 NASA's headquarters - past checkpoints, cipher security codes and camera-lined hallways - and help him steal the most precious objects in the world: Apollo moon rocks from every landing in history.
Based on meticulous research 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.