Orbital decay: space junk and the environmental history of earth's planetary borderlands /

What is space junk, and who defines pollution in an environment seemingly devoid of nature as we know it? Beginning with the launch of Sputnik in 1957, spacefaring nations transformed the region between the upper atmosphere and the moon from a wilderness into a landscape. Like any terrestrial indust...

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Main Author: Rand, Lisa Ruth (Author)
Other Authors: Benson, Etienne (degree committee member), Cowan, Ruth Schwartz, 1941- (degree committee member), Pritchard, Sara (degree committee member)
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
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Call Number: Q001 2016 .R186