[meteorite-list] Lunar loony Thad Roberts speaks up

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Sep 12 17:31:54 2006
Message-ID: <ue8eg25m81v4qv0ujuup62irkt9htgv4pp_at_4ax.com>

There is an (apparently excerpted) letter from lunar meteorite theif Thad
Roberts in the letters page of the current (Sept. 2006) issue of Discover
magazine. This is the article to which he was responding:


http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/whatmoon.jpg


Here's the letter:


As the former NASA intern serving eight years for the theft of moon rocks, I
thought you might be interested in my response to "Whatever Happened to Moon
Rocks?" [Data, July]. Imagine being able to give a piece of the moon to a young
girl. Imagine watching her face as her little fingers slowly grasp that piece
of heaven. She will embody the admirable essence of what it is to be human.
She will be, at heart, an explorer ... with a little piece of the moon in her
pocket.

Thad Roberts
Federal Prison Camp
Florence, Colorado


I wonder if his comments were so off-the-wall BEFORE meeting his boyfriend
Bubba?
Received on Tue 12 Sep 2006 05:33:13 PM PDT