Space Archaeology (SPACE JUNK) with Alice Gorman
Image description. Space Archeologist Dr. Alice Gorman, a.k.a. Dr. Space Junk, is seated at a wooden table before a sky blue backdrop and is smiling at the camera. Her hands are folded over each other and she has curly brown hair and wears black-rimmed eyeglasses, a black necklace with chunky beads, a black ring and red lipstick. The Ologies logo is superimposed in the lower right corner.
Gaze into the cosmos and wonder at broken satellites, retired rockets and shattered contraptions. Archaeologist Dr. Alice Gorman is a leading expert on orbital debris and chats about what’s up there, how it got there, and how to get it down. Strap in for a chat about everything from Sputnik to sports cars, flaming garbage bonking us, alien clutter, collision potential, the most adorable space rubbish, cosmic burials and how one does this type of archeology without boarding a rocket. Also: steaming hot cruise ship gossip.
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Follow Dr. Alice Gorman at Twitter.com/DrSpaceJunk
A donation went to Deadly Science: https://deadlyscience.org.au/
Dr. Gorman’s book: Dr. Space Junk vs. The Universe
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Some links that may be to your liking:
Alice’s blog: Spaceage Archeology
Dr. Gorman’s TEDTalk about lunar archaeology
The only international space junk law
“The Dead Past” short story about the time traveler
“Starlink is about to ruin stargazing forever”
The pros of Starlink, by Casey Handmer
NASA’s space debris visual simulation
How many people are on the space station?
Poor little Laika, the space doggo 14/10 would not launch again
Laika’s last moments, detailed
The abandoned Skylab went boom into a sheep field
Is Moore’s Law the Wright Law?
Dodecapole satellites, also known as Dodecahedron or Porcupine
The legend of the bore cap flying into space
The bore cap probably disintegrated?
Some ways to live-track space debris:
Astria Graph: http://astria.tacc.utexas.edu/AstriaGraph/
Heavens Above: https://www.heavens-above.com/
A Texas space nerd came up with the Tesla Roadster payload
Janeidy Eve suggested launching the Tesla
The United Nations Space4Women
Tungsten dust could clean up space junk! Maybe.
Maintenance hole cover that shot into the sky, perhaps
The Kessler Effect and rubbish build up
Space tugboats? Theoretically, possibly!
Pioneer Venus Multiprobe craft with sapphire windows
Black Knight hypothetical alien object
‘Oumuamua object: giant space turd? Alien ship?
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