They built a satellite from wood?

[Bobtail4x4]

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LignoSat - Wikipedia

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[Barking Mat]

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LignoSat - Wikipedia

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That's pretty mental, shame it didn't work.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

That's pretty mental, shame it woodn't work.

 

[Erie Fred]

No, they built a very expensive charcoal briquette....and used the taxpayer's dime to blast it into space.

 

[Farside]

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LignoSat - Wikipedia

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"The satellite was assembled through a traditional Japanese crafts technique without screws or glue. It still has some traditional aluminium structures and electronic components."

Blimey, who knew that the Samurai were into that kind of thing?

 

[Tom O]

So you’re saying that the Japanese had a woody in space!
But I guess I’d be exited too.