This is a good point. The Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft are only 141 and 117 AU from earth [1], and they were launched 40 years ago. I have always thought that the

This is a good point. The Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft are only 141 and 117 AU from earth [1], and they were launched 40 years ago. I have always thought that the most likely fate of the Voyager spacecraft is that they will be stolen -- not by aliens, but by humans of the future. Their positions and trajectories are a matter of public record; everyone will know exactly where they are, and the spacecraft themselves as well as the golden records could be of great value to wealthy collectors of the future. Consider how many times the wreck of the Titanic has been visited/looted over the past 20 years, and when it first sank no one thought it would ever even be found, much less visited. [1] https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/ https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/