Go ahead and laugh. I did.
But it's actually serious. WINE (World Is Not Enough) propulsion is a highly sophisticated system that would allow a space probe to refuel anywhere there is water (and there's more of it in space than you think) and keep hopping from asteroid to asteroid to do mineral surveys.
The probe would last until some vital part of it broke - the primary limitation on probe mission range/length is fuel and battery power.
Also.
Steam powered spaceships. (Although whether it will scale up for something man-rated...)
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