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Japan is Building Wooden Satellites to Cut Down on Space Junk – Good News Network
Kyoto University and Sumitomo group have developed wooden satellites to be launched into space in 2023 that will reduce space junk.
A wooden satellite will be launched into space in 2023 to study how the organic material holds up in the vacuum outside our atmosphere.
Sumitomo Forestry
Wooden satellites would create a harmless alternative to metal ones, and significantly cut down on space junk orbiting the Earth which is expected to become a serious problem for spacefarers in the near future.
Researchers and space experts from Kyoto University, including a former Japanese astronaut, are working with the Sumitomo Group, a nearly…
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