We should send micro or dust probes to the planets
Lots of little nanobots spread out everywhere. That way if a few get
lost it won't be the same level of tragedy as losing one big probe.
See here:
http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=6686&m=25748
Maybe this is why we haven't found any alien spaceships - they're all so
dinky we don't recognize them. It'll make you think twice before you dust
your desk.
BTW, thanks to a recent post by Jody in another currently active thread
in this forum, I have changed my name from TheSheepLookUp. But read
the John Brunner novel, I highly recommend it.
Thanks, Jody! And no, I am not being facetious here.