Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman)
@drspacejunk.bsky.social
Space archaeologist | Vice-chair, Global Expert Group for Sustainable Lunar Activity | Explorers Club 50, 2024 | Author, Dr Space Junk vs the Universe. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262539654/dr-space-junk-vs-the-universe/
John Laws, the worst poet in Australia, is dead.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
John Laws, the worst poet in Australia, is dead.
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@scifiscavenger.bsky.social I found a picture of my LoTR! Although now that Musk Stick has misappropriated LoTR perhaps I should just burn it.
October 30, 2025 at 4:27 AM
@scifiscavenger.bsky.social I found a picture of my LoTR! Although now that Musk Stick has misappropriated LoTR perhaps I should just burn it.
Am I a scientist? (bonus recipe)
October 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Am I a scientist? (bonus recipe)
This is another favourite - Andrew Hodges' fine biography of Alan Turing.
October 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This is another favourite - Andrew Hodges' fine biography of Alan Turing.
One of my favourites is this one about Henri Poincaré. I suppose it's more about his ideas and less about his life though.
October 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
One of my favourites is this one about Henri Poincaré. I suppose it's more about his ideas and less about his life though.
German-language sci-fi at any rate
October 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
German-language sci-fi at any rate
First time I've seen this.
"Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website."
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"Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website."
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October 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
First time I've seen this.
"Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website."
🧪
"Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website."
🧪
I'm glad it wasn't just me! The other thing I remember vividly from the book is the famous conversation about utilitarianism between Ivan and Alyosha:
September 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I'm glad it wasn't just me! The other thing I remember vividly from the book is the famous conversation about utilitarianism between Ivan and Alyosha:
One of my proudest moments: citing The Rocky Horror Picture Show in an academic paper.
#AcademicSky
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September 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
One of my proudest moments: citing The Rocky Horror Picture Show in an academic paper.
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
About to hit up town
August 23, 2025 at 8:09 AM
About to hit up town
August 23, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Blue eyebrow experiment
August 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Blue eyebrow experiment
'A crime for telepathic extraterrestrials is telerape, the unlawful mind-reading of human sexual partners without their consent, during the course of coitus'
- Freitas, Robert A. Jr 1979 Illegal Alien. Omni, November, pp 84-67, 106-110 #SciFi
- Freitas, Robert A. Jr 1979 Illegal Alien. Omni, November, pp 84-67, 106-110 #SciFi
August 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
'A crime for telepathic extraterrestrials is telerape, the unlawful mind-reading of human sexual partners without their consent, during the course of coitus'
- Freitas, Robert A. Jr 1979 Illegal Alien. Omni, November, pp 84-67, 106-110 #SciFi
- Freitas, Robert A. Jr 1979 Illegal Alien. Omni, November, pp 84-67, 106-110 #SciFi
Still life with hand
August 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Still life with hand
I'm so excited to have a science fiction short story published in the Light and Shadow anthology! (It's about the Moon)
July 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I'm so excited to have a science fiction short story published in the Light and Shadow anthology! (It's about the Moon)
And here are my conclusions!
'A cultural landscape approach to places associated with space exploration has the potential not only to present a more accurate view of the impact of space exploration, but also to be inclusive of cultural diversity in a context of increasing globalization'. 🏺
'A cultural landscape approach to places associated with space exploration has the potential not only to present a more accurate view of the impact of space exploration, but also to be inclusive of cultural diversity in a context of increasing globalization'. 🏺
July 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
And here are my conclusions!
'A cultural landscape approach to places associated with space exploration has the potential not only to present a more accurate view of the impact of space exploration, but also to be inclusive of cultural diversity in a context of increasing globalization'. 🏺
'A cultural landscape approach to places associated with space exploration has the potential not only to present a more accurate view of the impact of space exploration, but also to be inclusive of cultural diversity in a context of increasing globalization'. 🏺
Finally, I looked at the US flag and the site of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, noting that 'the Tranquility Base artefacts represent one of the major motivations of the space race: to imprint a specific national, ideological and colonial meaning on the Moon.
Image credit: NASA
Image credit: NASA
July 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Finally, I looked at the US flag and the site of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, noting that 'the Tranquility Base artefacts represent one of the major motivations of the space race: to imprint a specific national, ideological and colonial meaning on the Moon.
Image credit: NASA
Image credit: NASA
Next, I looked at how 'spacefaring' nations relied on their colonies to provide empty land to launch rockets carrying nuclear warheads - 'empty land' that had actually been taken from Indigenous people, for example at Woomera in South Australia.
Image creditL Commonwealth of Australia
Image creditL Commonwealth of Australia
July 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Next, I looked at how 'spacefaring' nations relied on their colonies to provide empty land to launch rockets carrying nuclear warheads - 'empty land' that had actually been taken from Indigenous people, for example at Woomera in South Australia.
Image creditL Commonwealth of Australia
Image creditL Commonwealth of Australia
My first case study is conflicting meanings at the WWII site of Peenemunde in Germany.
'Highlighting the complexity of Peenemünde opens a space for the voices of those for whom ‘the cradle of spaceflight’ was the cause of death'
Image: Aerial view of Peenemunde in 1944. Australian War Memorial.
'Highlighting the complexity of Peenemünde opens a space for the voices of those for whom ‘the cradle of spaceflight’ was the cause of death'
Image: Aerial view of Peenemunde in 1944. Australian War Memorial.
July 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
My first case study is conflicting meanings at the WWII site of Peenemunde in Germany.
'Highlighting the complexity of Peenemünde opens a space for the voices of those for whom ‘the cradle of spaceflight’ was the cause of death'
Image: Aerial view of Peenemunde in 1944. Australian War Memorial.
'Highlighting the complexity of Peenemünde opens a space for the voices of those for whom ‘the cradle of spaceflight’ was the cause of death'
Image: Aerial view of Peenemunde in 1944. Australian War Memorial.
Then I argued that Earth and space were a 'cultural landscape' or spacescape - created by the combined effects of human actions and the environment. 🏺
July 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Then I argued that Earth and space were a 'cultural landscape' or spacescape - created by the combined effects of human actions and the environment. 🏺
In the Intro, I define the 'Space Race' model of interpreting space heritage:
'In this popular and compelling version of space history, the interests of largely white male American astronauts, space administrators, scientists and politicians are presented as universal human values'. 🏺
'In this popular and compelling version of space history, the interests of largely white male American astronauts, space administrators, scientists and politicians are presented as universal human values'. 🏺
July 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
In the Intro, I define the 'Space Race' model of interpreting space heritage:
'In this popular and compelling version of space history, the interests of largely white male American astronauts, space administrators, scientists and politicians are presented as universal human values'. 🏺
'In this popular and compelling version of space history, the interests of largely white male American astronauts, space administrators, scientists and politicians are presented as universal human values'. 🏺
I also quoted a Lehrer song, 'The Wild West is Where I Want to Be', in my first ever publication on space archaeology (2005 'Space cowboys: The Wild West and the myth of the American hero') about the landscape of the US White Sands missile range and the entanglement of rockets and nuclear weapons.
July 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I also quoted a Lehrer song, 'The Wild West is Where I Want to Be', in my first ever publication on space archaeology (2005 'Space cowboys: The Wild West and the myth of the American hero') about the landscape of the US White Sands missile range and the entanglement of rockets and nuclear weapons.
I later quoted his song 'Wernher von Braun' in my first academic article about space archaeology, talking about the cultural heritage of the Peenemunde launch site and the material culture of early rockets (The Cultural Landscape of Interplanetary Space, 2005). 🧪 🏺
July 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I later quoted his song 'Wernher von Braun' in my first academic article about space archaeology, talking about the cultural heritage of the Peenemunde launch site and the material culture of early rockets (The Cultural Landscape of Interplanetary Space, 2005). 🧪 🏺
'Who rules the moon controls the earth'
#InternationalMoonDay
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July 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
'Who rules the moon controls the earth'
#InternationalMoonDay
#InternationalMoonDay
20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf (shelves), list, stack, e-list, library hold—wherever! One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no expectations, just covers!
#BookSky #20TBRbookchallenge 15/20
No explanations, no expectations, just covers!
#BookSky #20TBRbookchallenge 15/20
July 6, 2025 at 5:47 AM
20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf (shelves), list, stack, e-list, library hold—wherever! One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no expectations, just covers!
#BookSky #20TBRbookchallenge 15/20
No explanations, no expectations, just covers!
#BookSky #20TBRbookchallenge 15/20