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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Pre-Recorded Video Presentation Things and the Global Antarctica", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The mythos of Antarctica and Outer Space is imbued with an aura of adventure and association with iconic figures of exploration and science that have influenced public discourses and political decisions. Beyond these tropes in the public domain are hard geospatial-geopolitical considerations, complex logistics,...
Deep Space: The Recovery of Saturn V Booster Engines From a Depth of 4000 Meters (2015)
The Apollo Program received a high priority after President John F. Kennedy’s 1961 address to Congress declaring his support for "landing a man on the Moon" by the end of the decade. This ambitious goal was achieved on July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 Mission, when astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon. On each mission the Saturn V first stage plunged into the Atlantic Ocean with its five enormous F-1 engines. In March 2013 a scientific team sponsored by Jeff Bezos,...