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

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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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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't wood traveling at orbital speed still annihilate anything it hits?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

Apparently alumina from reentering satellites depletes the ozone layer.