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That's way too risky for a brand-new rocket that might not even leave the atmosphere. All those children will be so disappointed if their time capsule blows up
by kijin 9y ago
That's way too risky for a brand-new rocket that might not even leave the atmosphere. All those children will be so disappointed if their time capsule blows up on the launch pad. A car, on the hand... they crash all the time anyway. No big deal.
- AdamJacobMuller 9y agoWhy? At this point anything you put in a time capsule is going to be digitally reproduced a million times over anyway. There's not a massive distance between "my poem is on a usb drive orbiting mars" and "my poem got blown up when the first SpaceX Falcon Heavy accidentally flew into the sun" they're both equally interesting stories to tell at dinner parties, which is their whole utility.
- kijin 9y agoFor engineer types like us, you're probably right. For other people, though, it's a lot more romantic and inspiring to have a physical piece of paper orbiting Mars than to have a USB drive blown to smithereens on the coast of Florida.