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>>belter+(OP)
It’s so inspiring when you see how these things are just built to last.

quote: “In the past, engineers have compared keeping the probes operational to keeping an old car running. The tech is severely outdated, yet it keeps ticking over – a trend often seen in the spacecraft of past decades.”

At some point us humans will probably simply have forgotten how to maintain them.

>>alex_s+O5
You should read "The Machine Stops" by E. M. Forster. Also, "Pump Six" from "Pump Six and Other Stories" will also do fantastic job of diving into this "forgetting how to maintain them" reality.

>>bayind+b6
Ringworld

>>tass+w6
Loved this series when I first read it and it will always hold a special place in my heart but I did reread a few months ago and the way Teela Brown (and some other women) is talked about/to left me feeling very uneasy.