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World's 1st wooden satellite deploys from ISS to demonstrate cleaner spacecraft tech (photo) (www.space.com)
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[โ€“] mesamunefire 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is awesome in many ways. Much cheaper materials, less environmental impact, and better short term satellites. Plus testing wood in long term space/vacuum.

SpaceX, with nearly 7,000 satellites in orbit, is by far the world's biggest satellite operator and thus potentially one of the main contributors to the satellite air pollution problem.

I didn't realize older satellite designs are destroying the ozone again.

Looking forward to the results!