Space archaeology: How studying human artifacts in orbit and beyond reveals insights about life on Earth
By
Alice Gorman
Summary
Space archaeology emerged as a subdiscipline around the year 2000 with significant Australian contributions. The field encompasses archaeoastronomy, SETI research, ethical considerations of preserving space heritage (like Neil Armstrong's footprints), and the study of space junk in Earth orbit. The article explores how this discipline intersects Indigenous heritage with space technology, examining what human artifacts in space tell us about life on Earth.
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Dirk Spennemann considered the ethics of treading on Neil Armstrong's footprints
My starting point was space junk in Earth orbit, and the intersection of Indigenous heritage and space technology
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