• more about #moonrocks more comments →
    Kenneth Dalton Pangburn III: I don't believe this story one bit. I was an intern at NASA for 3 years. I worked at Kennedy Space Center and Lewis Research Center. KSC had extens... more »
    OMG! Ponies!: The lesson is "Don't steal anything until you have a buyer." more »
    macabron: Don't all interns do the same? more »
    DangerousDac: I think Im not the only one whos interested in a pic of Tiffany... What? Your all thinking it. more »
    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Didn't Mythbusters cover this neoprene suit vs thermal motion sensors bit already? more »
    Pessimippopotamus: @AriellaDrury: It read like a horrible amateur fiction posted on some crappy fanfic forum. Am I the only one who thought it started off like some sort... more »
    frigg: So I get the part about Tony Almeida stealing moonrocks. But getting Chloe to help him... never saw that coming. more »
    Kaiser-Machead: I suppose he stole them with simple appreciation of where the rocks came from, as he'd obviously have an easier time selling a grilled cheese sandwich... more »
    grewal12: does that mean the girl set them up? when 40 agents with 40 guns came. haha. just a little confused. more »
    AriellaDrury: Utter BS, and badly written BS by the thief at that. He is no doubt seeing how hard it is to get hired with a felony conviction, so he's hawking a cr... more »
    GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga: But EVERYONE knows that we never went to the moon, so this is a moot point. As Joe Rogan told me, all the "Moon Rocks" were gathered by some Verner g... more »
    frigg: They should have made the punishment fit the crime. Send him up to the moon and have him get some more. (BTW - long story short, the lunar landing tap... more »
    Deaf Mute: I read that whole thing, it was very interesting. At first I thought it was completely fake (especially that bit about them having sex on the rocks) more »
    Mondoz: None of the guards at JSC would ever ask if you got a new car. No one I know ever spends any time talking to them on the way in either; if you did, y... more »
    TonyWonder: jesus christ my Masters paper wasn't that long... more »
  • #space

    How an Intern Stole NASA's Moon Rocks

    In 2002, rogue NASA interns stole millions of dollars in moon rocks. This is the untold story of how they did it. More »