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Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 8 months ago by sbv@sh.itjust.works to c/space@lemmy.world

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The timber satellite has been built by researchers at Kyoto University and the logging company Sumitomo Forestry in order to test the idea of using biodegradable materials such as wood to see if they can act as environmentally friendly alternatives to the metals from which all satellites are currently constructed.

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[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

I'm a simple man. If I see a space cube, I think borg!