A single protein molecule.
Something subtle enough to spark debate and controversy but not overplaying it like putting an entire living thing from Earth would be.
A radio station streaming “Baby Shark” on all frequencies
Son of a-
Possibly the most appreciated song on earth.
Gonna steal an idea from Karl Pilkington and leave a dishwasher somewhere on Mars for one of the rovers to find.
Maybe even an older model.
Bonus points if it was a popular model in a science fiction show.My take of that would be the station from the little martian from Looney Tunes in the full 3D cartoon style.
Sort of like a cell shaded structure in a realistic lighted environment.
Russell’s Teapot.
Arts and Humanities research.
A paper floating in space that reads ‘Probing the ‘Other’: Conceptions of Zipzorpian-Terran Relations in Early Explorer Narratives’
Moon sized amoeba.
A giant ship that can transform into a giant robot maid, complete with a vacuum to suck planets’ air.
It went from suck to blow!
A large military submarine, and/or Porcupine fish. But I’ll be very sad if fish dies. And in order to actually break scientists, you need to put in space them.
Sprinkle some water on the moon
Dark matter, duh.
A lone white lawn chair on the surface of Mars
Ghosts
NASA: Oh you guys are back early!
Astronaut: Moon’s haunted.
NASA: What?
Astronaut: grabs gun and gets back on ship Moon’s haunted
I’d suggest 35,000 low-earth-orbit satellites but Elon is already working on that.
A dinosaur skeleton in a spacesuit.
The truth is out there
That manhole cover from Operation Plumbbob.
