Japan Has Come Up With The Revolutionary Idea To Make Wooden Satellites
A Japanese company and the University of Kyoto have teamed up in a new project to create the world’s first wooden satellite to reduce space junk. The project will be finished by the year 2023.
Sumitomo Forestry has already started researches on plant growth and using wooden materials in space. They will start experimenting with different types of wood from different trees.
The various kinds of woods will be exposed to different extreme situations of the earth to provide a trail of the space.
With the increasing number of space research programs and launched satellites into space, space junk is becoming quite a matter of concern.
Keeping this in mind, Japan has come up with the revolutionary idea to make wooden satellites that can burn up easily without causing any harm.
The satellite will not release any harmful substances on the upper layer of the atmosphere and not make any raining debris on the ground while returning back.
Takao Doi, a professor of Kyoto University and Japanese astronaut said, “We are very concerned with the fact that all the satellites which re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere burn and create tiny alumina particles which will float in the upper atmosphere for many years.”
The professor further added, “The next stage will be developing the engineering model of the satellite, then we will manufacture the flight model.”
As a well-seasoned astronaut, he visited the International Space Research Station in March 2008.
The idea to use wooden materials is emphasized since the space junk is increasing day by day.
According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), there are nearly 6,000 satellites orbiting the earth and almost 60% of them are not functional or space junk.
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