> I doubt the plate looks aged at all. It probably is still as shiny as it was
> when the spacecraft was launched.
>
> No oxygen in space to corrode it (and gold does not corrode easily, anyway),
> no dust to grind it down. At the velocities involved even a small speck
> would either make a neat hole or destroy the whole spacecraft.
>
>
>


bound to slow down any deteriorarion.

Also, the plaque was placed so that it was "behind" the spacecraft as it 
traveled across the solar system.


Alain

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