Sex On The Moon : The Amazing Story Behind The Most Audacious Heist In History
by Ben Mezrich

Before the book even begins, when the author says that settings, descriptions, names, and histories have been changed to protect identities, we are in trouble. (The irony of this statement is that you can google Sex On The Moon and come up with the original names and just about everything else.) He has also re-created dialogue from conversations that took place ten years prior. Not a good sign.
So, here is this college student, Thad Roberts, who decides that he wants to be an astronaut and walk on Mars. He is accepted as a NASA co-op and works in a life sciences lab. It's not enough for him because he wants to be that shining star and starts doing daring things that could bring him to the cusp of trouble. Then he gets the idea of stealing moon rocks from every Apollo landing.
For an incredibly gifted young man, he was a total idiot and definitely had problems. I didn't finish the book reading up to Chapter 17. The writing is so juvenile (much foul language) and there is no depth. Reviewers have gushed that it's the most audacious heist in history but that is false. There were many others (some reviewed in my book-a-holics blog) where the culprits were never caught.
Don't bother with this one.
Not recommended.