Comment on If all humans died, when would the last light go out?
stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Do satellites count? Seems like there could be a solar panel connected to a blinky thing up there that might outlast Cesium.
Comment on If all humans died, when would the last light go out?
stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Do satellites count? Seems like there could be a solar panel connected to a blinky thing up there that might outlast Cesium.
blackbelt352@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Depends, a lot of satellites are close enough to Earth that there’s still barely enough atmosphere to cause drag and deorbit the satellites given enough time, and they all need some flavor of orbital maintenance. Although there are the various probes we’ve sent out and the rovers too, possibly with some flavor of blinky light on them.
stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’m really hoping the answer ends up being one of the Voyagers somehow. That would just be poetic.