In 2002, a NASA intern stole a 600-pound safe containing $21 million in Moon rocks to give his girlfriend, then an online sale led him into an FBI trap
- The Moon has been romanticised for centuries, but few people have ever tried to give someone a piece of it.
- In 2002, that idea became part of an extraordinary theft at Nasa’s Johnson Space Center, where an intern helped remove a safe containing Apollo lunar samples and other irreplaceable scientific material.
- The stolen collection included about 17 pounds of Moon rocks, material from a Martian meteorite and research notes belonging to Nasa scientist Everett Gibson.
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- The Moon has been romanticised for centuries, but few people have ever tried to give someone a piece of it.
- In 2002, that idea became part of an extraordinary theft at Nasa’s Johnson Space Center, where an intern helped remove a safe containing Apollo lunar samples and other irreplaceable scientific material.
- The stolen collection included about 17 pounds of Moon rocks, material from a Martian meteorite and research notes belonging to Nasa scientist Everett Gibson.
Sources: Times of India