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Dr. Space Junk vs. the universe : archaeology and the future / Alice Gorman.
Penn Museum Library TL788.6 .G67 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gorman, Alice (Alice Claire), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Space archaeology.
- Space debris.
- Cultural property.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 290 pages ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Doctor Space Junk versus the universe
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Going boldly forth as a pioneer in the fledgling field of space archaeology, Dr. Alice Gorman (aka Dr. Space Junk) turns the common perception of archaeology as an exploration of the ancient on its head. Her captivating inquiry into the most modern and daring of technologies spanning some 60 years--a mere speck in cosmic terms--takes the reader on a journey which captures the relics of space forays and uncovers the cultural value of detritus all too readily dismissed as junk"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 How I Became a Space Archaeologist p. 16
- Outback and out of this world p. 17
- The Moon in the living room p. 20
- Venus in glasses p. 23
- Archaeology or astrophysics? p. 25
- Back to the past p. 30
- Stories from stone p. 33
- Lying in the gutter, looking up at the stars p. 37
- Launching into orbit p. 41
- Chapter 2 Journey Into Space p. 44
- 1940s: a rocket and a bomb p. 47
- 1950s: waging peace in the Cold War p. 51
- 1960s: ... and all I got was this lousy dust p. 56
- 1970s: the backyard satellite p. 60
- 1980s: aiming for the planet of lave p. 64
- 1990s: If Versace were to design a satellite p. 67
- 2000s: a tale of two Rosette stones p. 69
- 2010s: the Starman cometh p. 73
- The phases of the Space Age p. 76
- Chapter 3 Space Archaeology Begins on Earth p. 79
- The Cold War stayed for dinner p. 82
- A space for children p. 87
- The rocket park comes Down Under p. 90
- The ultimate rocket playground p. 93
- Cold War in the desert heat p. 96
- How to forget your own Space Age p. 98
- Valley of the cable ties p. 100
- Artefact of the Space Age - or rubbish? p. 104
- The story of a space age object p. 108
- Chapter 4 Junkyard Earth p. 114
- One thousand elephants orbiting the earth p. 119
- The cane toads of space p. 125
- The cosmos in our backyard p. 131
- Environmental management in space p. 135
- What is dead can never die p. 141
- 'And warm with human love the chill of space' p. 143
- Chapter 5 Shadows on the Moon p. 146
- When birds migrated to the Moon p. 149
- The children's Moon p. 155
- The Moon of science or the Moon of lovers? p. 157
- The future of the lunar past p. 160
- An ephemeral archaeology p. 166
- A descent into darkness p. 169
- Shadows and dust p. 174
- The many-coloured Moan p. 179
- Chapter 6 The Edge of Known Space p. 181
- The new worlds p. 185
- The archaeology of not-quite-there p. 192
- The ghost in the machine p. 196
- The place defined by wind p. 202
- Beyond the morning star p. 206
- Chapter 7 Whose Space is it Anyway? p. 212
- The 'sweet poison of the false infinite' p. 213
- Exteriores spatium nullius p. 217
- Who has the rights to space? p. 223
- A planet by any other name p. 226
- Reflecting Earth in space p. 229
- Contested territories p. 234
- Lines on a map p. 241
- Chapter 8 Future Archaeology p. 244
- True infinite p. 247
- The body in the machine p. 252
- Space marked by death p. 256
- When life means gravity p. 260
- The abandoned solar system p. 265
- The Small Dance p. 274.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780262043434
- 0262043432
- OCLC:
- 1091012255
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