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Why? 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
by AdamJacobMuller 9y ago
Why?
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.