STP66 - Space Archaeology and The Problems with Space Junk - with Dr. Alice Gorman aka Dr. Space Junk
This week we're joined by Dr. Alice Gorman to talk all about space junk and space archaeology.
Dr. Alice Gorman:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/drspacejunk
https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/alice.gorman
"Dr. Space Junk vs The Universe"
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/dr-space-junk-vs-universe
Emily’s Articles:
Giving Back To Space and Earth: Celestis’ Charitable Contributions:
https://www.celestis.com/blog/celestis_gives_back/
The Lost Art of Being Vulnerable
https://strixus.com/entry/the-lost-art-of-being-vulnerable-9697
Space in the Seventies: Worm Farm – The Logo That Divided NASA, 1974-1976:
https://space.nss.org/space-in-the-seventies-worm-farm-the-logo-that-divided-nasa-1974-1976/
Space Hipster’s Book Prize 2021: https://www.facebook.com/groups/spacehipsters/permalink/4776085785769600/
This Week’s Launches:
Wed 24 Nov 2021: California: SpaceX: Falcon 9 Block 5: DART:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/1373
Wed 24 Nov 2021: Kazakhstan: Soyuz 2.1b: Progress M-UM Pritchal:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/959
Video:
Wed 24 Nov 2021: China: ExPace: Kuaizhou 1A: Shiyan 11
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/5760
Thu 25 Nov 2021: Russia: VKS RF: Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat: Cosmos 2552:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6145
Fri 26 Nov 2021: China: CASC: Long March 3B/E: ChinaSat 1D:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6856
This Week’s News:
NASA’s DART Mission:
https://www.space.com/dart-asteroid-mission
Russia’s New Docking Module:
https://www.space.com/russia-prichal-docking-module-arrives-space-station
New ISS Photos from Crew-2 Departure:
https://www.space.com/international-space-station-photos-crew-dragon-astronauts
NASA Postpones Spacewalk due to Debris:
https://www.space.com/nasa-postpones-space-station-spacewalk-space-debris
Percy’s 4th Rock Sample:
https://www.space.com/perseverance-rover-collects-mars-sample-november-2021
Hubble Space Telescope Continues to Improve:
https://www.space.com/hubble-space-telescope-cosmic-origins-spectrograph-recovered
Japanese Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa Is Going To Space:
https://www.space.com/japanese-billionaire-yusaku-maezawa-space-tourist-flight-ready
Image Credits: NASA
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Emily Carney
A veteran of the United States Navy, Carney became a freelance writer back in 2008 and started a blog called This Space Available, which is hosted by the National Space Society.
In 2011, Carney founded a facebook group Space Hipsters. Originally intended to be a place to share news and insights amongst friends, this community has now grown to close to 20,000 members including astronauts, engineers, scientists, historians and space flight enthusiasts from around the globe.
Blog: https://space.nss.org/category/this-space-available/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/EmilyLCarney
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmilyCarneySpace/
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Dave Giles
Giles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Since his early years he’s been looking skyward and though he ended up wielding a guitar for a living, space exploration is alway on his mind and one of his most popular songs is about astronaut Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man On The Moon’.
In 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Giles visited all of the crewed space vehicles flown by NASA from Freedom 7 to the Space Shuttle Orbiters.
Full info: https://www.davejgiles.com
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davejgiles
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