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World's First Wooden Satellite Launched Into Space
| what's Ligno?
| ligno
From Latin lignum.
Noun
ligno (accusative singular lignon, plural lignoj, accusative plural lignojn)
wood (the substance)
tree (the plant, tree)
| The world had wood so large that it reaches to space? Gross.
| ligma nuts
| >>1032217
hmph please be sensitive of the world.
heeeeeey wooooorld ; ) I care about you
I'm surprised steel isn't renewable enough. Won't it still degrade from the sun?
| Lickmaballlass
| Interesting design choice. I guess we'll see how it holds up under stress. With larger spacecraft, weight would be an obvious issue since wood is heavier than lightweight metals. It would also be useless for some space missions but at least we can save on sattalites bound for LEO or possiby small space probes.
| >>1032495
I think one of the reasons they're testing wooden satelites is because it won't contaminate earth upon re-entry because burning wood is safer than burning a bunch of metal.
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| The world's first wood-panelled satellite has been launched into space to test the suitability of timber as a renewable building material in future exploration of destinations like the Moon and Mars.
Named LignoSat, after the Latin word for wood, its panels have been built from a type of magnolia tree, using a traditional japanese technique without screws or glue.
Wood is more durable in space than on Earth because there's no water or oxygen that would rot or inflame it.