Prospecting the World: Landsat and the Search for Minerals in Space Age Globalization (2019)
The article discusses the role of artificial satellites from the U.S. Landsat program in discovering natural resources. Topics include the relation of space exploration to globalization, the role of the program in U.S. relations with Third World nations, and the relation of the program to environmental degradation related to resource extraction.
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