Space Archaeology (SPACE JUNK) with Alice Gorman

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.9 • 23.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Gaze into the cosmos and wonder at broken satellites, retired rockets and shattered contraptions. Archaeologist Dr. Alice Gorman is a leading expert on orbital debris and chats about what’s up there, how it got there, and how to get it down. Strap in to hear about everything from Sputnik to sports cars, flaming garbage bonking us, alien clutter, collision potential, the most adorable space rubbish, cosmic burials and how one does this type of archeology without boarding a rocket. Also: steaming hot cruise ship gossip. Follow Dr. Alice Gorman at Twitter.com/DrSpaceJunk A donation went to Deadly Science: https://deadlyscience.org.au/ Dr. Gorman’s book: Dr. Space Junk vs. The Universe Sponsors of Ologies: alieward.com/ologies-sponsors More links and info at alieward.com/ologies/spacearchaeology Transcripts & bleeped episodes at: alieward.com/ologies-extras Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes and now… MASKS. Hi. Yes. Follow twitter.com/ologies or instagram.com/ologies Follow twitter.com/AlieWard or instagram.com/AlieWard Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris Theme song by Nick Thorburn Support the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies

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0:00.0	Oh, hey, it's that friend who's calls that you always pick up because if they are actually wanting to speak instead of text with their phone, it must be really good or really bad news.
0:09.5	Alli Ward, and that one is very true.
0:11.6	Back with another episode of this show called Alligies.
0:14.8	Okay, I'm going to try and make this intro speedy as I can.
0:18.2	We are a race to get to space drunk this episode. So good.
0:21.2	Thank you to everyone at Patreon. Did you know it costs a dollar a month to join? That's it.
0:25.0	And then you could submit questions to alligies, patreon.com slash alligies.
0:28.4	And then thank you, everyone also who rates, who subscribes, who leaves reviews.
0:33.3	I read the hell out of all of your reviews.
0:35.8	And then I aim a laser pointer at one each week, such as Dear Waslar, who wrote, I'll be honest.
0:41.3	I didn't like podcasts. Okay.
0:43.5	But alligies has had me hooked since day one.
0:46.3	And then Waslar called me an informed closet goblin. And I thank them for that.
0:50.7	If you left a review this week or ever, I have read it and I have appreciated it.
0:54.9	Okay, onward space archaeology space is a word that's been around since the 1300s.
0:59.4	It comes from the Latin Spatium, which means room or area.
1:03.0	And by the mid 1700s, it meant the cosmic expanse, the stellar landscape,
1:08.5	the crushing enormity of nothingness, which is filled with everything, including all of our secrets.
1:14.2	And maybe some broken glass and some was car keys, which comes from Greeks,
1:18.4	archaeologia, the study of ancient things, which TBD to be discussed.
1:23.6	Okay, so patron Kevin Beamer posted this on the patreon.com slash allergies community board.
1:28.5	They said, I'd like to nominate three related but distinct allergies, astroarcheology,
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