At 60 years, monument to NASA's Project Mercury still stands, but what of its time capsule?

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A 60-year-old tribute to America's first human spaceflight program is standing up to the test of time, but what about the contents of its time capsule not to be opened until 2464?

At 60 years, monument to NASA's Project Mercury still stands, but what of its time capsule? : Read more

 

[mdwebb]

Preserve the monument with an enclosed building and museum around it.

 

[billslugg]

I am pretty sure that rocket scientists would know to purge the capsule with inert gas. If so, and if nothing more perishable than paper, it should last thousands of years.