MWorld's first wooden satellite aims to prove plywood can survive space (NOT Babylon Bee)

Microsoft News ^ | 6/14/21 | Amanda Kooser

[hoagy62]

What do you think: possible new material for space use, or abject failure?

[Lockbar]

From the Uganda Air Force??

[ClearCase_guy]

I don’t suppose termites will be a problem.

[Jonty30]

I assume that air will leak through the while thing over time.

[PTBAA]

I recommend a good exterior stain with UV protection.

[LIConFem]

Awfully heavy. And they’d have to somehow get any trapped gasses out of the wood or it would swell and/or crack in a vacuum. I’m sure they’ve thought of all these things and more. Just seems an odd endeavor.

[rxh4n1]

lots of duct tape, vise grips, super glue, baling wire.

[LIConFem]

Sounds like my first car.

[OSHA]

Plywood is too expensive for space use.

[al baby]

Only if the mate with tardagrades

[al baby]

Maybe coat it with flex seal

[bigfootbob]

Makes space debris a thing of the past. The thing starts to wear out send it on a steep trajectory back.

[Billthedrill]

Well, re-entry won’t be a problem...

[Yardstick]

Sprucenik

[Deaf Smith]

Will have to see if the glue that binds the plywood will hold.

The adhesive is the weak point.

Real cabinet/wood workers would have used dovetail joints for a friction fit.

Should have done a pre test on the ISS and left a 10cm square chunk of plywood outside on a arm to "air out".

[mrsmith]

I don’t know, but I love it!

[Liaison]

I agree with the UV protection the sunlight will degrade the wood fast without a gold foil rap around the outside. Never thought how near zero kelvin will affect wood but out gassing the oxygen from the wood would limit any combustion.

[lee martell]

“Wooden Ships On The Water
Very Free!
And Easy.”

[wardaddy]

It’s tiny less than a half foot cubed

[Oscar in Batangas]

I guess I won’t bother with looking for it via the Heavens Above website