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Comment on NASA Getting Ready to Launch Wooden Satellite

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.

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Sibbo@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Less toxic when it burns up in the atmosphere at reentry.

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themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Plus, it’s less likely to become space trash.

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- zaphod@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Why not?
  
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- Nommer@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  How do?
  
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  - themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Because it is more fragile than aluminum or titanium. It’s easier to decommission by burning it up in the atmosphere without leaving particles behind, and if it collides with another object, it’s more likely to be obliterated.
    
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