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Posted 08/16/2012 2:13 pm
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....By that I mean the pessimistic view point is what if there was no Cent sent to Mars anyway? Who could prove it? How does anyone really know if it is a Lincoln Cent and what is the date on it if it is there at all? Who is going there to see if it is there? With all the STUFF the government tells us that we never really know if true, this entire coin thing could be a story invented by the Mint to inspire more coin collecting.
....By that I mean the pessimistic view point is what if there was no Cent sent to Mars anyway? Who could prove it? How does anyone really know if it is a Lincoln Cent and what is the date on it if it is there at all? Who is going there to see if it is there? With all the STUFF the government tells us that we never really know if true, this entire coin thing could be a story invented by the Mint to inspire more coin collecting.
Oh, that's excellent.... a Mars Lincoln Cent conspiracy. There could be a whole cottage industry built around it - investigations, books, youtube video and movies for the next 100 years.
When you think about it, a 1909 VDB is kind of being cheap compared to the whole Curiosity budget. They could have sent a 1909 S VDB. Knowing it would be harshly clean-up, a 1909-S VDB could have been purchased fairly inexpensively that was previously cleaned or had impaired surfaces. Ken Edgett paid for the coin with his own funds and could have sprung for this type of up-grade I would think.
And, what about the Moon. Do think one of the Moon astronauts might have left a Buffalo nickel (or something similar) on the Moon surface?
