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Originally Posted by aap1966 View Post
I have, I suspect like most Pelicans, spent the day amazed at what Space X has accomplished, not only in what they have achieved, but in how they have achieved it and in the costs being an order of magnitude less than the public sector.

But....

....has anyone considered that if we don't colonise other planets or systems, then the very last relics of humanity will probably be the Voyager probes, the Apollo landers, and a small red sports car with a space suited mannequin orbiting the sun until it goes nova.

It'll be quite a puzzle for some astronomer archaeologist in 10 million years.
The writers of Star Trek certainly have. Starship Voyager found an old truck in space once.
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