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The Case Of The Missing Moon Rocks
'' The Case of the Missing Moon Rocks '' is a 2012 non-fiction book by Joe Kloc, a former contributing editor for ''Seed Magazine''. It describes the efforts of both Joseph Gutheinz, a NASA Office of Inspector General Senior Special Agent turned college professor and his students to locate and find up to 79 missing Apollo 11 and 17 Moon rocks and plaques that the United States government gave away to 135 nations of the world, all 50 states and its territories. It begins by telling the story of Operation Lunar Eclipse, the first successful sting operation to recover a piece of the Moon brought back by American astronauts, a sting operation the professor led and went undercover in, while still an agent. The sting operation successfully recovered the Honduras Apollo 17 Goodwill Moon Rock stolen in 1995, and recovered from Florida businessman Alan H. Rosen in 1998. This operation was funded in part with the financial assistance of H. Ross Perot, billionaire and former Presidential ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolen And Missing Moon Rocks
Of the 270 Apollo 11 Moon rocks and the Apollo 17 Goodwill Moon Rocks that were given to the nations of the world by the Nixon Administration, approximately 180 are unaccounted for. Many of these rocks that are accounted for have been locked away in storage for decades. The location of the rocks has been tracked by researchers and hobbyists because of their rarity and the difficulty of obtaining more. Moon rocks have been subjects of theft and forgery as well. Investigations In 1998, a unique federal law enforcement undercover operation was created to identify and arrest individuals selling bogus Moon rocks. This sting operation was known as Operation Lunar Eclipse. Originally two undercover agents were involved in this sting, Senior Special Agent Joseph Gutheinz of NASA's Office of Inspector General (NASA OIG), posing as Tony Coriasso, and Inspector Bob Cregger of the United States Postal Inspection Service, posing as John Marta. This sting operation was later expanded to includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Atavist
Atavist Inc. was launched in 2011 and is the company behind the Atavist multimedia publishing platform and ''The Atavist Magazine,'' an award-winning monthly magazine. It was founded by Jefferson Rabb, Evan Ratliff, and Nicholas Thompson. In the spring of 2015, the company released its free publishing platform. The new platform allows users to create and sell long-form content across multiple platforms. Early investors in the company include IAC, Eric Schmidt, and the Founders Fund. It is now owned by Automattic. History ''The California Sunday Magazine'', ''Mental Floss'', The Daily Dot, ''The Christian Science Monitor'', ''Esquire'', and ''Vice'', among other outlets, used the Atavist platform to publish "eye-catching" feature stories on the web. Atavist Books, a multi-platform book publishing company, was launched in partnership with Barry Diller, Scott Rudin, and Frances Coady, in the spring of 2014, with ''Sleep Donation'' by Karen Russell as the venture's first novella. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Non-fiction Books
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. In conventions of sign where zero is considered neither positive nor negative, 1 is the first and smallest positive integer. It is also sometimes considered the first of the infinite sequence of natural numbers, followed by 2, although by other definitions 1 is the second natural number, following 0. The fundamental mathematical property of 1 is to be a multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. Most if not all properties of 1 can be deduced from this. In advanced mathematics, a multiplicative identity is often denoted 1, even if it is not a number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number; this was not universally accepted until the mid-20th century. Additionally, 1 is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Perot
Henry Ross Perot (; June 27, 1930 – July 9, 2019) was an American business magnate, billionaire, politician and philanthropist. He was the founder and chief executive officer of Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems. He ran an independent campaign in the 1992 U.S. presidential election and a third-party campaign in the 1996 U.S. presidential election as the nominee of the Reform Party of the United States of America, Reform Party, which was formed by grassroots supporters of Perot's 1992 campaign. Although he failed to carry a single state in either election, both campaigns were among the strongest List of third party performances in United States presidential elections, presidential showings by a third party or independent candidate in U.S. history. Born and raised in Texarkana, Texas, Perot became a salesman for IBM after serving in the United States Navy. In 1962, he founded Electronic Data Systems, a data processing service company. In 1984, General Motors bou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), to give the U.S. space development effort a distinctly civilian orientation, emphasizing peaceful applications in space science. NASA has since led most American space exploration, including Project Mercury, Project Gemini, the 1968-1972 Apollo Moon landing missions, the Skylab space station, and the Space Shuttle. NASA supports the International Space Station and oversees the development of the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System for the crewed lunar Artemis program, Commercial Crew spacecraft, and the planned Lunar Gateway space station. The agency is also responsible for the Launch Services Program, which provides oversight of launch operations and countdown management f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'', which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1966. In general, the political position of ''The Times'' is considered to be centre-right. ''The Times'' is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, such as ''The Times of India'', ''The New York Times'', and more recently, digital-first publications such as TheTimesBlog.com (Since 2017). In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as , or as , although the newspaper is of nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
"Unbelievable Mysteries Solved" Lost And Found (TV Series)
This is a list of television programs formerly and currently broadcast by the Oprah Winfrey Network. Original programming Drama Co-productions Continuations Unscripted Docuseries Reality Talk shows Acquired programming Syndicated *'' 227'' *''Benson'' *'' Insecure'' Talk shows *''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' *'' The Dr. Oz Show'' *'' Dr. Phil'' *''The Nate Berkus Show'' *''Rachael Ray'' *''Tamron Hall'' News magazine * ''20/20'' on OWN * ''Dateline'' on OWN Reality *''Couples Court with the Coulters'' Upcoming programming In development Former programming Drama *'' Greenleaf'' (2016–2020) *''Queen Sugar'' (2016–2022) *'' Love Is'' (2018) *'' Ambitions'' (2019) *''David Makes Man'' (2019–2021) *''Delilah'' (2021) Comedy *'' For Better or Worse'' (2011–2017) *'' Love Thy Neighbor'' (2013–2017) *''The Paynes'' (2018) Soap operas *'' The Haves and the Have Nots'' (2013–2021) *''If Loving You Is Wrong'' (2014–2020) Unscripted *''2 Fat 2 Fly'' *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sex On The Moon
''Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History'' is a 2011 book by Ben Mezrich, author of ''New York Times'' Best Seller '' Bringing Down the House'' and of ''The Accidental Billionaires''. It retells the theft and attempted sale of lunar samples plus a Martian meteorite from a vault at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center by a cooperative education student assisted by another co-op, an intern, plus an acquaintance. The book received mainly negative reviews, criticized for its purple prose and overly sympathetic discussion of the ringleader. Summary The story follows Thad Roberts, a University of Utah student and high-achieving NASA co-op in Houston, dreaming of doing great things such as becoming an astronaut; his love interest Rebecca; and his accomplices Sandra and Gordon McWhorter. The group stole lunar samples from Building 31, had sex on a bed covered by the precious stones, were arrested by the FBI during a sting operation in Orlando ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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