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

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution::The environmentally friendly LignoSat probe – set to orbit this summer – has been created to combat harmful aluminium particles

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[–] N00dle@lemmy.world 39 points 9 months ago (2 children)

no living creatures to cause it to rot

Soon termites will evolve for space environment. On a serious note this does seem cool. The amount of satellites going to burn like disposable starlink ones will be an issue. This prototype is small, but this would be good for cubesats.

[–] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

Feels like one of the few instances of humans doing something about issues before shit hits the roof.

[–] harrybo93@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

From the makers of Snakes on a Plane…Bugs on a Satellite