The Jameson Satellite

"The Jameson Satellite" by Neil R. Jones is a science fiction story about a professor who cheats death by launching his body into space. Facing his own mortality, Professor Jameson designs a rocket to turn himself into a satellite, orbiting Earth for eternity. Millions of years pass until mechanical beings called the Zoromes find his craft and bring his brain back to life, placing it in a mechanical body. Alive again, the professor finds himself on a vastly changed Earth, where humanity is gone and a new age has begun. Instead of staying on this dying Earth, the professor decides to explore the universe with his new Zorome friends, choosing an endless life of adventure among the stars.