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BassGuyAVL2 t1_j1v63ys wrote

Assuming it isn't destroyed, some random human space traveller in the distant future might find and recover it as an historical artifact. An alien spacecraft will only bother with that dead carcass of a probe if it has salvage value. Mote likely it would be seen as just another piece of space junk to avoid.

Chances are, though, it will drift in space indefinitely and never be found by anyone, human or otherwise.

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DrLongIsland t1_j1v7fyq wrote

Assuming our own history isn't lost after some cataclysmic event, I would say future space travelers will know exactly where the voyagers probes are, and their importance for our history. They will be seen as travelling monuments, I could totally imagine a tourism business that takes you close to the voyager probes for a fly-by/tour.

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