{"product_id":"dr-space-junk-vs-the-universe-isbn-9780262539654","title":"Dr Space Junk vs The Universe","description":"\u003cb\u003eA pioneering space archaeologist explores artifacts left behind in space and on Earth, from moon dust to Elon Musk's red sports car.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice Gorman is a space archaeologist: she examines the artifacts of human encounters with space. These objects, left behind on Earth and in space, can be massive (dead satellites in eternal orbit) or tiny (discarded zip ties around a defunct space antenna). They can be bold (an American flag on the moon) or hopeful (messages from Earth sent into deep space). They raise interesting questions: Why did Elon Musk feel compelled to send a red Tesla into space? What accounts for the multiple rocket-themed playgrounds constructed after 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, historical explorations, and even the occasional cocktail recipe in search of the ways that we make space meaningful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngaging and erudite, Gorman recounts her background as a (nonspace) archaeologist and how she became interested in space artifacts. She shows us her own piece of space junk: a fragment of the fuel tank insulation from Skylab, the NASA spacecraft that crash-landed in Western Australia in 1979. She explains that the conventional view of the space race as “the triumph of the white, male American astronaut” seems inadequate; what really interests her, she says, is how everyday people engage with space. To an archaeologist, objects from the past are significant because they remind us of what we might want to hold on to in the future.\u003c\/p\u003eINTRODUCTION:   LOOKING UP, LOOKING DOWN 1\u003cbr\u003e On Earth as it is in heaven 3\u003cbr\u003e A new era of space 9\u003cbr\u003e Dr Space Junk's tour of the solar system 12\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 1: HOW I BECAME A SPACE ARCHAEOLOGIST 16\u003cbr\u003e Outback and out of this world 17\u003cbr\u003e The Moon in the living room 20\u003cbr\u003e Venus in glasses 23\u003cbr\u003e Archaeology or astrophysics? 25\u003cbr\u003e Back to the past 30\u003cbr\u003e Stories from stone 33\u003cbr\u003e Lying in the gutter, looking up at the stars 37\u003cbr\u003e Launching into orbit 41\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 2: JOURNEY INTO SPACE 44\u003cbr\u003e 1940s: a rocket and a bomb 47\u003cbr\u003e 1950s: waging peace in the Cold War 51\u003cbr\u003e 1960s: ... and all I got was this lousy dust 56\u003cbr\u003e 1970s: the backyard satellite 60\u003cbr\u003e 1980s: aiming for the planet of love 64\u003cbr\u003e 1990s: if Versace were to design a satellite 67\u003cbr\u003e 2000s: a tale of two Rosetta stones 69\u003cbr\u003e 2010s: the Starman cometh 73\u003cbr\u003e The phases of the Space Age 76\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 3: SPACE ARCHAEOLOGY BEGINS ON EARTH 79\u003cbr\u003e The Cold War stayed for dinner 82\u003cbr\u003e A space for children 87\u003cbr\u003e The rocket park comes Down Under 90\u003cbr\u003e The ultimate rocket playground 93\u003cbr\u003e Cold War in the desert heat 96\u003cbr\u003e How to forget your own Space Age 98\u003cbr\u003e Valley of the cable ties 100\u003cbr\u003e Artefact of the Space Age - or rubbish? 104\u003cbr\u003e The story of a space age object 108\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 4: JUNKYARD EARTH 114\u003cbr\u003e One thousand elephants orbiting the earth 119\u003cbr\u003e The cane toads of space 125\u003cbr\u003e The cosmos in our backyard 131\u003cbr\u003e Environmental management in space 135\u003cbr\u003e What is dead can never die 141\u003cbr\u003e 'And warm with human love the chill of space' 143\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 5: SHADOWS ON THE MOON 146\u003cbr\u003e When birds migrated to the Moon 149\u003cbr\u003e The children's Moon 155\u003cbr\u003e The Moon of science or the Moon of lovers? 157\u003cbr\u003e The future of the lunar past 160\u003cbr\u003e An ephemeral archaeology 166\u003cbr\u003e A descent into darkness 169\u003cbr\u003e Shadows and dust 174\u003cbr\u003e The many-coloured Moon 179\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 6: THE EDGE OF KNOWN SPACE 181\u003cbr\u003e The new worlds 185\u003cbr\u003e The archaeology of not-quite-there 192\u003cbr\u003e The ghost in the machine 198\u003cbr\u003e The place defined by wind 202\u003cbr\u003e Beyond the morning star 206\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 7: WHOSE SPACE IS IT ANYWAY? 212\u003cbr\u003e The 'sweet poison of the false infinite' 213\u003cbr\u003e Exteriores spatium nullius 217\u003cbr\u003e Who has the rights to space? 223\u003cbr\u003e A planet by any other name 226\u003cbr\u003e Reflecting Earth in space 229\u003cbr\u003e Contested territories 234\u003cbr\u003e Lines on a map 241\u003cbr\u003e CHAPTER 8: FUTURE ARCHAEOLOGY 244\u003cbr\u003e True infinite 247\u003cbr\u003e The body in the machine 252\u003cbr\u003e Space marked by death 256\u003cbr\u003e When life means gravity 260\u003cbr\u003e The abandoned solar system 265\u003cbr\u003e The Small Dance 274\u003cbr\u003e SELECTED REFERENCES 276\u003cbr\u003e INDEX 283\"With a light and conversational voice, Alice Gorman delivers piercing insights into the meaning of our various efforts to leave Earth behind, as well as an entertaining primer on how archaeologists work and what they can teach us. This book is a must read for anyone interested in both the past and the future of space exploration.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Emily Lakdawalla, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Does Its Job\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Alice Gorman‘s unique book is far more than a look at the space debris that is orbiting Earth; rather, this mesmerizing tour of human effects on our planetary space and on neighboring worlds will leave readers with a completely new sense of the solar system. Bravo!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—David J. Eicher, Editor-in-Chief, \u003ci\u003e Astronomy Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Alice Gorman opens our eyes to the too-recent-to-be-appreciated artifacts of the space age, and points out their import and beauty. From the tens of thousands of macro-size objects orbiting Earth to the landers, rovers and other hardware abandoned on the moon and Mars, Gorman finds poetry and pertinence in the space age. Who knew the archaeology of the future is above our heads?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer, Institute Fellow, SETI Institute \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Alice Gorman's engaging meditation on the significance we give to space artifacts and space exploration challenges us to think about the cultural value of space junk. This book will be of interest not just to space enthusiasts but to all those fascinated by how humans give meaning to objects around them.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jonathan McDowell, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics \u003c\/b\u003eAlice Gorman is a leader in the emerging field of space archaeology. Her work has been featured in \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a Senior Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Senior Lecturer at Flinders University, Adelaide. She tweets as @drspacejunk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdam Charles Roberts (born 30 June 1965) is a British science fiction and fantasy novelist. He writes parodies under the pseudonyms of A.R.R.R. Roberts, A3R Roberts and Don Brine. He has a degree in English from the University of Aberdeen and a PhD from Cambridge University on Robert Browning and the Classics. He teaches English literature and creative writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. Adam Roberts has been nominated three times for the Arthur C. Clarke Award: in 2001 for his debut novel, Salt, in 2007 for Gradisil and in 2010 for Yellow Blue Tibia. He won both the 2012 BSFA Award for Best Novel, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, for Jack Glass. It was further shortlisted for The Kitschies Red Tentacle award. His short story \"Tollund\" was nominated for the 2014 Sidewise Award. Roberts' science fiction has been praised by many critics both inside and outside the genre, with some of the latter going so far as to describe him as being on a par with such past masters of the genre such as Pel Torro, John E. Muller, and Karl Zeigfreid.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300934209765,"sku":"NP9780262539654","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262539654.jpg?v=1767725615","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/dr-space-junk-vs-the-universe-isbn-9780262539654","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}