| Description |
vi, 186 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. |
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| Series |
Artefacts series ; v. 6.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Martin Collins -- A talkative artefact : Germany and the development of a European rocket launcher in the 1960s / Helmuth Trischler -- Black arrow R4 : a candidate for materialising the history of technology / Douglas Millard -- Behind the icon : NASA's mercury capsules as artefact, process and practice / Philip Scranton -- Retrieving Woomera's heritage : recovering lost examples of the material culture of Australian space activities / Kerrie Dougherty -- Privatising memory : the Soviet space programme through museums and memoirs / Asif A. Siddiqi -- The Iridium communications satellite : an artefact, system and history in the 1990s / Martin Collins. |
| Summary |
"This volume seeks to explore the meaning of space artefacts, both as products of particular historical settings and as windows for understanding technological and cultural change. Its contributors, most of whom are museum curators, address these challenges through the history of particular artefacts, highlighting differences and commonalities across technologies, institutions, professional communities, projects and geographical contexts."--Jacket. |
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Astrogeology.
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Antiquities -- Collection and preservation.
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Science museums -- Equipment and supplies.
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Outer space -- Exploration -- Exhibitions.
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| Alternate Author |
Collins, Martin J., 1951-
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