Space archaeology | Alice Gorman | TEDxSydney

[@craigbeckham4296]

Absolutely amazing! I mean imagine being responsible for the curation of these artefacts. Great job on the presentation.

[@TheSimMan]

Genuinely fascinating 👍

[@WeAreAkashinga]

Well done Alice :)

[@aravr_project]

Missing your lectures Alice :-)

[@zapfanzapfan]

Maybe go dig in that crater next to the Eagle lander to see if Neil really did drop something in there...

[@smallheelcatcher]

There is talk about private enterprise mining asteroids, manufacturing in space, and all this space debris. Wouldn't it be wonderful to gather and repurpose these old items? The insignificant objects could be totally reforged and integrated into the following idea. The items that are meaningful could be gathered and made into our first international space station museum of space exploration. It could either have hotel facilities or scientific, manufacturing, or all of the above. I wonder what the possibilities of design and art that could go into the presentation of our early space exploring history. There should be art and design X-prise for this. It could even bring the attention of the nations and be a collaboration of the nations. The groups competing would not be one nation against the other, but be groups made up of at least 7 nations [or any set number for a worthy sampling of an international/global team] who would be responsible for an attempt to capture the will of all of the nations. The popular voted design internationally could be the winner. Kind of like a "World's Got Talent" everyone involved reality show style media and winner decision platform. It could have a globally significant and unifying vibe that has the potential to really ignite in global space interests. Where are we going next as tourists? Yes, the moon and mars, possibly the international space station (also a relic of sorts). Why not also begin to forge in this direction towards a hotel museum destination we could all feel a part of designing. A significant place that could be designed by all mankind representatively. A destination we would hope one day we ourselves could visit. We should not push too fast, but anticipating 3d printing and a truly large-scale project with materials being combined from space, from asteroids and other local materials within space. This could be the construction of something of the megalithic and symbolic proportions and ambition I have heard spoken about in other Ted Talks on 3D printing and manufacturing in space. This would then make it grand enough, personal enough, and collaborative enough to make a worthy statement that (we are mining and contributing resources both emotional, physical, and intellectual) this star system is truly our home.

[@smallheelcatcher]

Alice Gorman, what a wonderful idea. I wonder if your name will go down in history as the name for the Alice Gorman International Space Museum.

[@Venom44]

FIRST :)