Weekly Space Hangout - Archaeology of Space: The ISS Archaeological Project with Dr. Justin P. Walsh

<p class="p1"><a href= "https://youtu.be/EruZ32DUpKw">https://youtu.be/EruZ32DUpKw</a></p> <p class="p1">[As before we still have trouble with audio dropouts. It may be caused by the new software that handles the video stream. There may be nothing we can do at this time. Hopefully the team that wrote the software can do an update to address the issue. Please accept our sincere apologies for the audio glitches.]</p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><strong>Host:</strong> Fraser Cain ( <a href="https://twitter.com/fcain">@fcain</a> )</span><span class= "s2"><br /></span><span class="s1"><strong>Special Guest:</strong></span> This week we welcome Dr. Justin Walsh to the show to tell us about the archaeology of space.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">Wait… WHAT????</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">You read that correctly… the archaeology of space. Justin is a PI of the International Space Station Archaeological Project (ISSAP) [<a href= "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHBkeWM5eDYweUtDLUFQaE1ENlN4amJiZ01OQXxBQ3Jtc0tsU3J6R3NJSFduT0ItRXY5V0l1YTVLS3YxUlFNU1YzWG9mbmdXMjNBNzk2VUpwTXBWME1BWmJCMmpDSENGQkJGb0R3RDRCV0hFVUh0bHJCYUg4N09lZktNU2traTJyMVJ1elJ0ZmtOSmp3TWJEWE5fdw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fissarchaeology.org%2F">https://issarchaeology.org/</a>], the first large-scale space archaeology project. Initiated in 2015, the archaeological study of a space habitat — specifically the ISS — is aimed at understanding the "evolving cultural, social, and material structures in the ISS’s unique context."</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">Justin is an archaeologist who researches and teaches Mediterranean art and archaeology at Chapman University in Irvine, CA. He is listed in the Register of Professional Archaeologists and has worked on excavations around the world. His other areas of interest include studying problems related to cultural heritage management, especially including the emerging field of space archaeology which led him, together with his co-PI Dr. Alice Gorman from Flinde