Dr Alice Gorman speaks to us from her private space station high above Neptune. (Photo: *Daniel Kukec Photography*)

We’re joined today by one of my favourite guests, space archaeologist Dr Alice Gorman aka Dr Space Junk from Flinders University.

In this episode we talk about the research she and her colleagues have been doing with the International Space Station. Apparently it’s rather like a share house. We wonder how you might develop a feminist map of the Moon. And as usual we veer off on plenty of tangents.

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00. Zarya | The First Module Of The ISS - YouTube
01. Alice Gorman - Wikipedia

Alice Gorman (born 1964) FSA is an Australian archaeologist, heritage consultant, and lecturer, who is best known for pioneering work in the field of space archaeology and her Space Age Archaeology blog.
02. International Space Station - Wikipedia

The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada). The ISS is the largest space station ever built.
03. BOLDLY GOING WHERE NO ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE GONE BEFORE - ISS Archaeology

The International Space Station Archaeological Project (ISSAP) is the first large-scale space archaeology project. It is a joint venture led by Dr. Justin Walsh (Chapman University – Orange, CA, USA) and Dr. Alice Gorman (Flinders University-Adelaide, SA, AUS) together with an international team of scholars. We are studying the crew of the International Space Station as a “microsociety in a miniworld.” Our project will have positive effects on the development of long-duration space missions, and it has extended the discipline of archaeology into a new context.
04. Kayla Barron - Wikipedia

Kayla Jane Barron (née Sax; born September 19, 1987) is an American submarine warfare officer, engineer, and NASA astronaut.
05. Leaving room for elephants: a chat with David Attenborough – Stilgherrian

This is an edited version of an interview with David Attenborough recorded 22 August 1984.
06. 'Big Brother' now a tool to study linguistics - The Tribune

[12 September 2017] The researchers used the British version of reality TV show Big Brother to examine how people’s speech changed over a three-month period.
07. SPACE AGE ARCHAEOLOGY: 20th anniversary of the Space Age Archaeology blog

[24 October 2024] It just occurred to me that I have been writing this blog for 20 years. My first post was on July 4, 2004, about the International Space University in Adelaide.
08. SPACE AGE ARCHAEOLOGY: Dr Space Junk 20 Years of Blogging Feminist as Fuck Edition

[19 November 2024] I realised that the top ten posts weren't necessarily my favourite posts, so I decided to make a list of them, which turned out to be far more than ten. So I decided to break it into smaller sections, and here we are. These are my most feminist posts, and if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen! (No stay in it because I want you to read them).
09. Dr Space Junk aka Alice Gorman

[13 October 2024] I'm starting a new thread for the feminist map of the Moon. ? ?
10. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Wikipedia

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is a NASA robotic spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon in an eccentric polar mapping orbit. Data collected by LRO have been described as essential for planning NASA's future human and robotic missions to the Moon.
11. International Astronomical Union - Wikipedia

The International Astronomical Union (IAU; French: Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreach, education, and development through global cooperation. It was founded on 28 July 1919 in Brussels, Belgium and is based in Paris, France.
12. SETI Institute - Wikipedia

The SETI Institute is a not-for-profit research organization incorporated in 1984 whose mission is to explore, understand, and explain the origin and nature of life in the universe, and to use this knowledge to inspire and guide present and future generations, sharing knowledge with the public, the press, and the government. SETI stands for the "search for extraterrestrial intelligence".
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The 9pm Scruffy Share House in Space with Dr Alice Gorman