Handbook of space engineering, archaeology, and heritage

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    • Darrin, Ann Garrison
    • O'Leary, Beth Laura

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Handbook of space engineering, archaeology, and heritage

edited by Ann Garrison Darrin, Beth Laura O'Leary

(Advances in engineering)

CRC Press, c2009

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

Some might think that the 27 thousand tons of material launched by earthlings into outer space is nothing more than floating piles of debris. However, when looking at these artifacts through the eyes of historians and anthropologists, instead of celestial pollution, they are seen as links to human history and heritage. Space: The New Frontier for Archeologists Handbook of Space Engineering, Archaeology and Heritage, published this month by CRC Press Taylor and Francis Group, brings together 43 anthropologists, historians, physicists, and engineers, a scientific team as culturally diverse as the crew of any science fiction cruiser. They offer a range of novel historical and technological perspectives on humankind's experience in space. This ambitious work presents an informative, thought-provoking, and educational text that discusses the evolution of space engineering, spacecraft reliability and forensics, field techniques, and mission planning, as well as space programs for the future. The book is edited by a pair of scientists from different sides of the campus: Ann Garrison Darrin, aerospace engineer and NASA veteran and Beth Laura O'Leary, anthropologist and member of the World Archaeological Congress Space Heritage Task Force. The handbook delves into the evolution of space archaeology and heritage, including the emerging fields of Archaeoastronomy, Ethnoastronomy, and Cultural Astronomy. It also covers space basics and the history of the space age from Sputnik to modern day satellites. It discusses the cultural landscape of space, including orbital artifacts in space, as well as objects left on planetary surfaces and includes a look at the culture of Apollo as a catalog of manned exploration of the moon. It also considers the application of forensic investigation to the solving of cold case mysteries including failed Mars mission landing sites and lost spacecraft, and even investigates the archaeology of the putative Roswell UFO crash site and appraises material culture in science fiction.

目次

All Sky Survey. The Sky: A Cultural Perspective. Introduction to the Space Age. The Landscape of Space. Spacecraft Forensics and Mystery Solving. Environmental Effects and the Material Record. Preservation of Space Objects and Case Studies. Space Policy and Preservation. The Future and Space Archaeology. The Mind and the Cosmos.

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