"The Jameson Satellite" (1931) by Neil R. Jones

[jordan179]

THE JAMESON SATELLITE
By NEIL R. JONES

The mammoths of the ancient world have been wonderfully preserved in the ice of Siberia. The cold, only a few miles out in space, will be far more intense than in the polar regions and its power of preserving the dead body would most probably be correspondingly increased. When the hero-scientist of this story

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[baron_waste]

I have read this story. (I'm pretty sure it was in the Asimov anthology Before the Golden Age, which featured some screwy and wonderful stuff!)

As you may know, it proved so popular that he wrote several more tales of Professor Jameson's strange adventures.

[jordan179]

Yes. These were later released as Ace novels, and I once owned them. Thanks to Gutenberg et al, I'll have a good chance of owning those stories again someday.

[cutelildrow]

What was the reason for his wanting to preserve his body? Am curious about how far out his little crypt would have to be in order to not be eventually be pulled back into Earth.

[jordan179]

Apparently he was simply obsessed with the notion of preserving his corpse for as long as possible after death:

In the year 1958, Professor Jameson had sought for a plan whereby he might preserve his body indefinitely after his death. He had worked long and hard upon the subject