Space exploration just got a little more sustainable. The world's first wooden satellite built by Japanese researchers is set to be launched to space next Tuesday, November 5th, in an early test for using timber in lunar and Mars exploration.
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00:00Space exploration just got a little more sustainable.
00:03The world's first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers,
00:06is set to be launched to space next Tuesday, November 5th,
00:10in an early test for using timber in lunar and Mars exploration.
00:15The LignoSat was developed by a team from Kyoto University
00:18and homebuilder Sumitomo Forestry.
00:21It will be launched on a SpaceX rocket bound for the International Space Station.
00:26Reuters notes that the goal is to demonstrate the cosmic potential
00:29of the renewable material as humans explore living in space.
00:33One of the astronauts working on the project said,
00:36up until now, no country has planned to use wood in a space development.
00:41The team reportedly has a 50-year plan of planting trees
00:44and building timber houses on the Moon and Mars.