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Dr Space Junk vs The Universe: Archaeology and the future “Going boldly forth as a pioneer in the fledgling field of space archaeology, Dr Alice Gorman (aka Dr Space Junk) turns the common perception of archaeology as an exploration of the ancient on its head. Her captivating inquiry into the most modern and daring of technologies spanning some 60 years — a mere speck in cosmic terms — takes the reader on a journey which captures the relics of space forays and uncovers the cultural value of detritus all too readily dismissed as junk.” |
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Honeysuckle Creek: “Honeysuckle Creek reveals the pivotal role that the tracking station near Canberra played in the first moon walk. Andrew Tink gives a gripping account of the role of its director Tom Reid and his colleagues in transmitting some of the most-watched images in human history as Neil Armstrong took his first step. Honeysuckle Creek makes a significant contribution to the story of Australia’s role in space exploration.” |
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Australis OSCAR 5: In the 1960s, a group of University of Melbourne science and engineering students banded together to build a satellite in their spare time. Share the journey of those students as they built Australis OSCAR 5 and had it launched into orbit by NASA in January 1970. The satellite operated successfully for nearly two months before its batteries ran out. |
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Australia in Space Kerrie Dougherty is an acknowledged expert on Australia’s space history, having co-authored the original edition of Space Australia and published more than a dozen other papers on the topic. This revised and updated edition of Space Australia tells the story of Australia’s involvement with space activities, from the earliest rocketeers to the latest satellite projects. |
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Fallen Astronauts: Kate Doolan is a longtime space researcher, writer and member of the Space Association of Australia. By telling the stories of the sixteen astronauts and cosmonauts who died in the quest to reach the moon between 1962 and 1972, this book enriches the saga of humankind’s greatest scientific undertaking, Project Apollo, and conveys the human cost of the space race. |
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Tracking Apollo to the Moon This is perhaps the most complete, detailed and readable story of manned space-flight ever published. The text begins with the historical origins of the dream of walking on the Moon, covers the earliest Mercury and Gemini flights and then moves on to the end of the Apollo era. In readable, fascinating detail, Hamish Lindsay - who was directly involved in all three programs - chronicles mankind's greatest adventure with a great narrative, interviews, quotes and masses of photographs, including some previously unpublished. |
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Follow the link on the Carnarvon page to buy the companion book, Carnarvon and Apollo: One giant leap for a small Australian town, published by Rosenberg Publishing. |
Carnarvon Space website |
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Derryn Hinch website |
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Honeysuckle Creek website |
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This is the inside story of the Orroral Valley Space Tracking Station near Canberra and of the people who worked there. The book covers the period from site survey in 1963 to eventual demolition in 1992 and describes what the tracking station looked like, how it worked, and what it did. It is a story about 'the nuts and bolts' of space tracking. |
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