Turbinator
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Since New Horizons is going to become an interstellar probe (all hail probe) after it's fly by of Pluto. I was wondering if it carries any sort of plaque or message to the future discoverers? I was on wikipedia and google trying to find an answer to this. No luck.
The chance of these interstellar probes being discovered by alien life is very small. However, the act of placing a message on such a probe is very noble. It is simply a beautiful way to make the probe a monument to humanity, representing all that is good in us. After all that we know of our planet has long turned to dust, New Horizons will be there, speaking for us. Representing life on Earth, as it was in the early 2000's.
The chance of these interstellar probes being discovered by alien life is very small. However, the act of placing a message on such a probe is very noble. It is simply a beautiful way to make the probe a monument to humanity, representing all that is good in us. After all that we know of our planet has long turned to dust, New Horizons will be there, speaking for us. Representing life on Earth, as it was in the early 2000's.