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Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution::The environmentally friendly LignoSat probe – set to orbit this summer – has been created to combat harmful aluminium particles

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 71 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The idea of an Asian country launching a wooden satellite sounds like a racist Simpsons joke from the 1990s. What a time to be alive.

[–] swearengen@sopuli.xyz 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Reading the title I was like man the Onion is getting a little edgy until I read the source. Truth is stranger than fiction.