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Global News

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[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If any aliens find that it'll surely be a WTF moment

[–] Ferris 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Surely it'll be powered by wood and have wooden circuitry and it'll be super efficient to launch because they've figured out how to harness the power of wood popping as it burns. I can't wait to see the wooden solar panels. Good thing there's so much oxygen in space. This stuff doesn't usually make it to the surface on reentry anyway, right?

I wonder if this is a real article. I don't want to read it, but I wonder.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

This stuff doesn’t usually make it to the surface on reentry anyway, right?

I'm not sure myself, but anyway that's not the problem they're trying to solve. Apparently the aluminum in normal satellites causes issues with the ozone layer.

[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It's real. they're carving it as we speak.

[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

They found a stump near the launch site and strapped it to a rocket

[–] Tristaniopsis@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

I woodent believe it I was you.

Timber Ton, is going to make a film about it.