Dr Space Junk vs The Universe
Archaeology and the Future

I really don't know what this book was trying to be. I thought it would be an interesting perspective of the exploration of space - perhaps tell the story of some of the space junk floating in orbit, maybe explain how we might recover and analyse this. Maybe talk about sites on Earth, like Cape Kenn......more

First half was good, second half kind of wandered more into rhetoric and meta-analysis and was not all that interesting. If a book is a conversation with the author, by the second half you're just saying 'uh-huh' and hoping to not trigger a diatribe on how the emotional concept of gravity is just as......more

This is a ground breaking seminal book that clearly establishes Dr Gorman as a leading expert in the newly emerging field of space archaeology. With a strong feminist slant (the poems that start each chapter were all written by women), and drawing from a wide range of disciplines, Gorman weaves toge......more

I loved this book most when it foregrounded archaeology. In particular, the extended sections on Australian launch sites, their relation to the aboriginal land on which they were built, and the investigation into cable ties. I learned new things about satellites and the way they may be weathering sp......more

An excellent tour through our solar system and the way humans and space intersect. Gorman speaks in a simple, approachable way that gives great insight and humour to the incomprehensible outer reaches of our existence. Highly recommended.......more