ESSENTIAL READING

From the Gizmodo article How an Intern Stole NASA's Moon Rocks: "Building 31 North is one of the few buildings on earth constructed under Class 100 standards-it is a structure that can withstand 1000 years of water submersion, among other durability metrics that should not be tested this side of Armageddon."

The main character in this (true) story is Thad:

"But while Thad was school smart, he also has an almost unquencheable adrenaline-seeking side, and was consumed with a strange Excel spreadsheet of personal goals that read like he was trying to prove himself to Evel Knievel and a rocket scientist at the same time: Experience zero gravity, check; experience severe dehydration, check; find dinosaur tracks, no problem."

Unbelievable.