Japan developing wooden satellites to cut space junk - BBC News 📦

17    29 Dec 2020 10:06 by u/Dacquoise

3 comments

1 u/wuzizname 29 Dec 2020 10:36
Wouldn't a splinter of wood travelling at 300 000 kph cause as much damage as metal would?
6 u/NovaLegion 29 Dec 2020 11:56
4th line - Wooden satellites would burn up without releasing harmful substances into the atmosphere or raining debris on the ground when they plunge back to Earth.
1 u/None 29 Dec 2020 18:03
seem like a good idea. also seems like it would have issues as well.. they are smarter than me so they probably are already working on them lol