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Originally Posted by jeramy
even if there are people on earth 50,000 years from now, will they even speak a language similar to that of english? my guess would be no and since languages have been forgotten in a much shorter time than that it may mean nothing to the finders. i mean if it werent for the rosetta stone, we still wouldnt know what hieroglyphics mean.
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That statement was quite freaky... You know, roughly 50,000 years ago from present day, the Egyptian civilisation had just started.
Anyways, the Rosetta stone was just a guide for the aincent Egyptians' language, but if we were take into consideration that technology has advanced rapidly in the past 100 years than the past 1,000 years, and that the emergence of new cultures and languages is unlikely due to the lack of new territories since most of the land on Earth has already been explored.
The French, English and Chinese languages has survived for roughly 2,000, 1,500 and 2,700 years respectively and look at the dominance of the internet, languages like this aren't going away on their own.
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Originally Posted by Eric Straven
I agree with Orpheus...I doubt even the strongest of metals, titanium will be able survive for 50000 years in space where there is nothing to desurface/decay it...Still it may get hit by fragments of meteors and MAYBE a comet(we don't know what might happen in the next 50000 years...maybe earth will get hit by a meteor just like the one that killed the dinosaurs)...well maybe not a comet, unless the comet is WAYYYY out of it's path  ...
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Eric, I don't think I have to explain why I have the utmost respect for the project. It may be your personal opinion, but a project dedicated to the future of humanity sure doesn't deserve to be called "stupid".
I'm not directing this at anyone here but I notice that most critics of the project are just rather short-sighted, they just don't see how it makes an impact in their lives, since everyone in this generation will be dead by the time the satellite returns to Earth. But since we as humans have just less than a hundred years to live, why not trying to make an impact in this world when you're still alive? Look at the bigger picture, if fate is on your side, you'd have a chance to leave a message to your descendants. Is that something not to be treasured?