Archaeology and heritage of the human movement into space /

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Imprint:Cham : Springer, [2014]
©2015
Description:1 online resource (xviii, 166 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language:English
Series:Space and Society, 2199-3882
Space and society (Springer (Firm)),
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11087521
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Other authors / contributors:O'Leary, Beth Laura, editor.
Capelotti, P. J. (Peter Joseph), 1960- editor.
ISBN:9783319078663
3319078666
9783319078656
Notes:Includes index.
References5 The Space Shuttle Discovery, Its Scientific Legacy in a Museum Context ; Abstract ; Introduction; The Space Shuttle Program, an Overview; The Space Shuttle, General Design Requirements; The Historic Context of Thermal Protective Systems; The STS Orbiters' Thermal Protective System; Reinforce Carbon-Carbon; High Temperature Reusable Surface Insulation Tiles; Exhibit; Conclusions; References; 6 Purposeful Ephemera: The Implications of Self-Destructing Space Technology for the Future Practice of Archaeology ; Abstract ; Introduction; The Problem of Space Debris.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 11, 2014).
Summary:This volume addresses the creation, documentation, preservation, and study of the archaeology of lunar, planetary, and interstellar exploration.℗ It defines the attributes of common human technological expressions within national and, increasingly, private exploration efforts, and explore the archaeology of both fixed and mobile artifacts in the solar system and the wider galaxy. This book presents the research of the foremost scholars in the field of space archaeology and heritage, a recent discipline of the field of Space Archaeology and Heritage. It provides the emerging archaeological perspe.
Other form:Print version: Oleary, Beth Laura. Archaeology and Heritage of the Human Movement into Space. Cham : Springer International Publishing, ©2014 9783319078656
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-07866-3