Maybe it would be possible to make the archive in "stages"? Like the first stage is readable without any equipment and describes how to make equipment to read the next stage. Repeat until you have a high-precision microscrope and can read the nanofiches.
> We must accept that there's some ongoing upkeep of an archive regardless of how durable its contents are.
That's a good point too. Archiving is a living process.
> We must accept that there's some ongoing upkeep of an archive regardless of how durable its contents are.
That's a good point too. Archiving is a living process.