Space Archaeology and Heritage Management with Prof. Alice Gorman
In this episode we talk to Associate Professor Alice Gorman, also known as Dr. Space Junk.
This is an exciting one-hour discussion about space junk, space archaeology and heritage management which includes discussions about the Moon and space mining from a lens very few people in the STEM fields ever learn.
Professor Alice is from Flinders University South Australia, is recognized as one of the world’s foremost scholars in the cutting-edge field of space archaeology. Her research focuses on the archaeology and heritage of space exploration, including space junk, space stations, planetary landing sites, off-earth mining, rocket launch pads and antennas. She is a Senior Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a former Deputy Chair of the Space Industry Association of Australia. In 2020 she was appointed to the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs Space4Women Mentor Network, to further the goal of Sustainable Development Goal 5, Gender Equality. Her multi-award-winning book Dr Space Junk vs the Universe: Archaeology and the Future was published in 2019. She often tweets as @drspacejunk and blogs at Space Age Archaeology. Her vision is to make space truly accessible for all, and to connect people to space through their cultural heritage.
My vision is to make space truly accessible for all, and to connect people to space through their cultural heritage.
If you would like to get in touch with Professor Alice Gorman and/or check out some of her work as well as the references made in the episode, the links below will help you get there.
On her work:
If you wanted to deep dive into some of the mentions made in the episode, links to them below:
- Heritage Management (brief from New Zealand Department of Conservation)
- Australia: Domestic Archaeological and Heritage Management Law
- Hypercapitalism
- Burra Charter
- Vancouver Recommendations on Space Mining
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