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Japan to launch worldโ€™s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 1 year ago by sbv@sh.itjust.works to c/space@lemmy.world
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The timber satellite has been built by researchers at Kyoto University and the logging company Sumitomo Forestry in order to test the idea of using biodegradable materials such as wood to see if they can act as environmentally friendly alternatives to the metals from which all satellites are currently constructed.

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[โ€“] kakes@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ngl that's a really interesting idea.

Also, there's a typo in the article. They call it both "LignaSat" and "LignoSat," but I'm reasonably confident the actual name is "LigmaSat."

[โ€“] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Whatโ€™s a ligma?

[โ€“] Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ligma Satellite!

Wait

[โ€“] ivanafterall@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Ligma deez nutz!

[โ€“] Lmaydev@programming.dev 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nothing, what's a ligma with you?

[โ€“] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Ligma deez ice creams LOL GOTTEM

[โ€“] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not much, whats up with you?

[โ€“] Jakra@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lignin is a major protein in wood, so LignoSat or LignaSat would make sense. LigmaSat loses that relationship with wood. I think LignoSat is probably correct.