Someday there will be “space archeologists” tracking down ancient relics ejected into space. Surely Elon’s Roadster will be among the first sought & recovered.
Someday there will be “space archeologists” tracking down ancient relics ejected into space. Surely Elon’s Roadster will be among the first sought & recovered.
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Most likely. Look at some items of the Space Race that have been recovered from the ocean after decades such as the Apollo 11 engines and Grissom’s Mercury capsule.
In Larry Niven’s scifi book “Protector”, Belters periodically did stuff like that. The main character finds an old space probe, debates going home and paying all the taxes or flying past the Belt to Earth to try to sell the collectible for a fortune without Belt taxes.
He chooses to try to run to Earth, but his unusual course coincides with a Protector coming to Earth ...