Footprints on the Moon and cemeteries on Mars: interview with space archaeologist Alice Gorman

Alice Gorman

Footprints on the Moon and cemeteries on Mars: interview with space archaeologist Alice Gorman

Alice Gorman

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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Abstract

Alice Gorman is a space archaeologist working on space junk in Earth orbit, deep space probes, and planetary landing sites. She explores what we can learn from these items and places as material objects, and also their heritage significance – what they actually mean for people and communities on Earth.

Original language	English
Number of pages	8
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 10 Jul 2019

Keywords

Space junk
Astronauts
Space tourism
zoom out
Lunar colony
Lunar mining
50th anniversary of moon landing
To the moon and beyond

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Footprints on the Moon and cemeteries on Mars: interview with space archaeologist Alice Gorman

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