Abstract
Between 1969 and 1972, a new type of archaeological site was created. For the first time, human bodies and the technology needed to sustain them altered the landscape of another world. The astronauts from the six Apollo missions left a suite of space-age artefacts behind on the lunar surface. And not only that: the missions brought to the Moon new kinds of shadows, cast by machines and bodies and flags and rovers, in an interplay of movement and stillness.
| Translated title of the contribution | Shadows on the Moon: A tale of ephemeral beauty, humans and hubris |
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| Original language | American English |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Specialist publication | The Conversation |
| Publication status | Published - 29 Mar 2019 |
Keywords
- Mining
- Moon
- Space junk
- Apollo Program
- Space exploration
- Space mining
- Friday essay
- Apollo 11