Also, we’ve crashed numerous probes at the end of their lifecycle into many of the objects in our own Solar System. If an interstellar probe from a civilizatio

Also, we’ve crashed numerous probes at the end of their lifecycle into many of the objects in our own Solar System. If an interstellar probe from a civilization like our own completed its mission, would it also be programmed to self-destruct itself in a similar manner? I think it’s a highly unlikely series of events, but there is a method to the madness.