Japan to launch world's 1st wooden satellite in September

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Japan plans to launch the world's first wooden satellite this year, in an effort to reduce the environmental impacts of reentering spacecraft.

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[Classical Motion]

I would love to watch a block of wood in space. No joke.

 

[Classical Motion]

What would aliens think of a wooded spacecraft? A new wonder material?

 

[allanrbrewer]

Japan plans to launch the world's first wooden satellite this year, in an effort to reduce the environmental impacts of reentering spacecraft.

Japan to launch world's 1st wooden satellite in September : Read more

Not exactly the first...

Two wooden spacecraft

This is cute rather than cutting-edge. Apparently Rangers 3 and 5, American ventures from the early 1960s, both missed the moon and are now still in orbit around the sun. The interesting part is th…

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[Classical Motion]

That was great.