A team of researchers at Kyoto University has constructed a satellite made out of wood — and it's almost ready to fly into space.
  • CADmonkey@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Wood seems like a good choice for a satellite - it’s lightweight, easy to machine into different shapes, it’s cheap and readily available. It also doesn’t conduct heat as well as aluminum or steel, but I don’t know enough about building satellites to know if that’s a problem.