In 1979, the US orbital space station Skylab made a spectacular re-entry that, like the de-orbiting of Mir in 2001, was widely anticipated across the world. As it disintegrated, debris from the spacecraft fell around the towns of Esperance and Balladonia in Western Australia. The Shire of Esperance, tongue-in-cheek, fined the United States Government for littering. While in orbit, the space station was largely invisible. In its re-entry, however, the disembodied spacecraft became tangible, visible, and collectible, in the form of its widely scattered and charred remains. Anyone could own a piece of space if they wanted; the debris was both space junk and a precious artefact. Through these local and personal interventions after its decay, the social significance of Skylab came to outweigh its historic significance and it passed into popular consciousness as a rare Australian space icon. In this article I consider how the parts of Skylab became more than the sum of the whole.View full textDownload full textKeywordsSkylab, space junk, space station, Australian technology, Australian iconsRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14443058.2011.618507
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机译：1979年，美国轨道空间站Skylab进行了一次引人入胜的再入，就像2001年对Mir的离轨活动一样，在全世界范围内都可以期待。当它分解时，飞船的碎片落在西澳大利亚的埃斯佩兰斯和巴拉多尼亚镇附近。埃斯佩兰斯郡（Shire of Esperance）嘲讽地对美国政府乱扔垃圾罚款。在太空中时，空间站基本上是看不见的。然而，在重新进入时，这具无形的航天器以其广泛散布和烧焦的残骸的形式变得有形，可见和可收藏。如果需要，任何人都可以拥有一块空间；碎片既是太空垃圾，又是珍贵的人工制品。在其衰败之后，通过这些本地和个人的干预，Skylab的社会意义超过了其历史意义，并成为了澳大利亚罕见的太空偶像而广为人知。在本文中，我考虑了Skylab的组成部分如何超过全部的总和。查看全文下载全文关键字Skylab，太空垃圾，太空站，澳大利亚技术，澳大利亚图标：：“ citeulike，netvibes，twitter，technorati，美味，linkedin，facebook，stumbleupon，digg，google，更多”，pubid：“ ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b”};添加到候选列表链接永久链接http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14443058.2011.618507
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