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Originally Posted by xelasnave
I had a wild idea to construct a cement sphere, solid mix and plenty of reo and stainless steel with a place to sit..have my body placed in it and cemented in...this would sit on this back ridge and in time the sphere would roll down into the river and eventually to the ocean..when the planet blows up hopefully it would stay in one piece and get blasted into space, in time to be recovered by an intelligent species who using the DNA will reconstruct me on a planet a long way from here.
Alex
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Alas, Concrete with reo has a life expectancy of a bit over a century. The alkalinity of the cement is neutralised after about that time and then the conc absorbs moisture. That starts the corrosion process and your conc sphere begins to crack and decompose due to "concrete cancer". It explains why our great buildings require constant maintenance and rarely last a century.
Good news is, it means our long term impact on the planet will be minimal except for massive structures like Hoover Dam (abt 30,000 years if I remember correctly...)
Bad news is, you will smell pretty bad when your ball cracks Alex....
