Dr Space Junk vs The Universe: Archaeology and the Future Audiobook (Free)

Alice Gorman is a space archaeologist: she examines the artifacts of human being encounters with space. These objects, left behind on Earth and in space, can be massive (inactive satellites in eternal orbit) or small (discarded zip ties around a defunct space antenna). They can be vivid (an American flag around the moon) or hopeful (messages from Earth delivered into deep space). They raise interesting queries: Why do Elon Musk experience compelled to send a reddish colored Tesla into space? What makes up about the multiple rocket- about Dr Space Junk vs The Universe: Archaeology and the Future themed playgrounds built following the Russians launched Sputnik? Gorman-affectionately known as ‘Dr Space Junk’-takes readers on a journey through the solar system and beyond, deploying space artifacts, traditional explorations, as well as the occasional cocktail recipe searching for the ways that we make enough space meaningful.

Participating and erudite, Gorman recounts her history as a (nonspace) archaeologist and exactly how she became interested in space artifacts. She shows us her personal little bit of space junk: a fragment from the gasoline tank insulation from Skylab, the NASA spacecraft that crash arrived in Traditional western Australia in 1979. She clarifies that the traditional view of the space race as ‘the triumph from the white, male American astronaut’ seems inadequate; what actually passions her, she says, can be how people engage with space.