"With timber, a material we can produce by ourselves, we will be able to build houses, live and work in space forever," said Takao Doi, an astronaut who studies human space activities at Kyoto University.
LignoSat was constructed using a traditional Japanese crafts technique without screws or glue, demonstrating a sustainable approach to building in extreme environments.
If we can prove our first wooden satellite works, we want to pitch it to Elon Musk's SpaceX, expressing our confidence in timber as a viable space material.
Conventional satellites create oxide particles when decommissioned, but wood is expected to burn up with less pollution, highlighting its environmental advantages.
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