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Has anyone ever bumped into similar articles about electronics longevity? Sayyy.. Could we build a simple Voyager like probe that can last 1000 years? 10000?
by jeff_vader 10y ago
Has anyone ever bumped into similar articles about electronics longevity? Sayyy.. Could we build a simple Voyager like probe that can last 1000 years? 10000?
- jerf 10y agoGiven the challenges involved in making a 10,000 year clock, a 10,000 year space probe seems currently infeasible: http://longnow.org/clock/ http://longnow.org/clock/ Putting it in space opens up some advantages, though that comes with its own whackload of disadvantages, too. Perhaps you could stick something in permanent shade on the moon to avoid 10,000 years of thermal stress, for instance, but you've got a decent chance of something hitting you hard enough to break something over that time span, too.