Comment on NASA Getting Ready to Launch Wooden Satellite

• 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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