Bibliography of Space Archaeology

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Monday, April 08, 2024

A significance assessment of the Apollo 11 bootprints

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This case study shows how the Burra Charter (2013) significance criteria can be applied to a heritage feature on the Moon, the astronaut bo...
Tuesday, April 02, 2024

How we manage the values of off-Earth environments

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Before I was an academic, I was a professional heritage consultant working with Aboriginal communities in Australia. I worked on all stages ...
Friday, February 23, 2024

The Odysseus lunar lander carried an artwork to the Moon. What does this mean?

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Josephine Baker being fabulous, 1927. Source: Wikimedia Commons The Nova-C lander , which touched down on the Moon on the 23rd of February 2...
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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Japanese lunar heritage and the Global Expert Group on Sustainable Lunar Activity.

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Whenever I talk to people about future plans for the Moon, it’s clear that the impacts of mining and other activities on the lunar environme...
Sunday, September 24, 2023

Why do we need an archaeology of space?

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Why do we need an archaeology of space? Haven’t we got an abundant documentary record to tell us all about spacecraft and their stories? Not...
Monday, April 17, 2023

Space quotes by women

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Recently I wanted to find a good quote about space ethics. There I hit my first problem, as there wasn't much available, short of going ...
Monday, June 13, 2022

Valentina Tereshkova and double standards in human spaceflight history

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Every year on June 16, the anniversary of Dr Valentina Tereshkova's spaceflight, where she became the first women ever to leave Earth, ...