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Beau says:
Japan leads an innovative shift in satellite design by testing wooden satellites, aiming to address space junk issues and revolutionize space sustainability efforts.
Space enthusiasts, Environmental advocates
Exploration of the potential environmental impact and long-term benefits of wooden satellites compared to traditional metal ones.
#SatelliteDesign #SpaceInnovation #WoodenSatellites #SpaceSustainability #JapanSpaceAgency
Well, howdy there internet people, it's Beau again.
So today we are going to talk about a surprising development
when it comes to the design of satellites.
And it's been talked about for a while,
but it looks like Japan is going to be the country
to put it into action.
So we will talk about Japan, space, and wood, wood.
One of the problems with satellites is that there's a whole bunch of them, and it's space junk floating around up there.
When they hit our atmosphere and burn up, current design leaves a bunch of aluminum particles up there, and that's just
not good. So Kyoto University decided, hey, what if we made it out of wood?
sounds ridiculous, right? I mean, it sounds really silly because every science fiction
movie we have ever seen showed metal satellites. What if we make them out of wood? So they
tested Magnolia, Cherry, and Birch. Turns out Magnolia is best for this. So they sent
up to the International Space Station. They tested it there. They found out that it worked
really well. So, a satellite has been designed. It's called Lingosat. And this satellite is
slated to go up relatively soon, and it will test and kind of measure how well wood, magnolia,
performs. And if it holds up, then we may start to see wood satellites. Satellites that, in theory,
could greatly reduce a whole lot of bad things from the risk of reentry to what
happens when they burn up. It's unique, it's kind of a cool idea, definitely
not something I ever even remotely imagined, but when I started looking into
it. You can find traces for this idea going back years because people realized
there was an issue they just didn't really know how to counter it and this
idea kept popping up and now it looks like it's going forward. The Japanese
Space Agency got involved and it looks like it'll go up on a US rocket
relatively soon. So we will see whether or not wooden satellites, I guess the
first one's about the size of a coffee cup, will be in our future. Anyway, it's
It's just a thought.
Y'all have a good day.
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