No, it would have been perfectly preserved, hanging motionless in a dry vacuum. Archivists would be envious. Speaking of archivists: http://sci.esa.int/rosett

No, it would have been perfectly preserved, hanging motionless in a dry vacuum. Archivists would be envious. Speaking of archivists: http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/31242-rosetta-disk-goes-back-to-the-future/ http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/31242-rosetta-disk-goes-back-to-t... http://blog.longnow.org/02009/05/21/what-13500-pages-micro-etched-into-nickel-looks-like/ http://blog.longnow.org/02009/05/21/what-13500-pages-micro-e... (this is the object of yesterday's HN story https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7092313 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7092313)