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February 11, 2012

Science Travel

Earth Station: The Afterlife of Technology at the End of the World

A visit to the newly on-the-market Jamesburg Earth Station, a massive satellite receiver that played a key role in communications with space, and its neighbors in an adjacent trailer park.

Alexis Madrigal The Atlantic Feb 2012 25min Permalink