“With the geosynchronous orbit, the RAE Table maxes out. It has two answers for the orbital lifetime of a spacecraft in GSO: "greater than a million years" and "indefinite.” SpacecraftSatelliteIndefiniteEchostar XviGeosynchronous OrbitGso Book:The Last Pictures Source: The Last Pictures
“The dead spacecraft in orbit have become a permanent fixture around our planet, not unlike the rings of Saturn. They will be the longest-lasting artifacts of human civilization, quietly circling Earth until the Sun turns into a Red Giant, about five billion years from now.” YearsHumansEarthTurnsSunFivePlanetsCivilizationRedBillionsRingsPermanentGiantsLastingOur PlanetOrbitArtifactsSaturnHuman CivilizationSpacecraftFixture Author:Trevor Paglen
“I really do think of them as post-minimalist sculptures, inspired in large part by some very early spacecraft that NASA built.” ThinkingBuiltInspiredPostsSculptureNasaMinimalistSpacecraft Author:Trevor Paglen
