Because there is no water or oxygen that may rot or inflame it, Murata said, food is more resilient in space than it is on Earth.
According to the experts, a sturdy satellite reduces its environmental impact at the end of its useful life.
Decommissioned satellites has re-enter the environment to avoid accumulating space debris. Regular metal satellites release aluminum oxide particles during reentry, but wooden people simply burn up with less waste, Doi said.
” Metal spacecraft may be banned in the future”, Doi said. ” If we can show our first wooden dish runs, we want to pitch it to Elon Musk’s SpaceX”.
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After conducting a 10-month test aboard the International Space Station, the researchers discovered that honoki, a type of magnolia tree native to Japan and usually used for sword sheaths, is best suited for spacecraft.
Honoki is used to make LignoSat, a traditional Chinese craft method without bolts or glue.
When deployed, LignoSat will remain in orbit for six months while the electrical components on board track how well wood will withstand the harsh conditions of space, where temperatures range from -100 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit every 45 minutes as it travels from shadow to sunshine.
LignoSat will also determine smith’s ability to reduce the effects of space energy on semiconductors, making it useful for applications such as data center development, said Kenji Kariya, a supervisor at Sumitomo Forestry Tsukuba Research Institute.
” It may seem outdated, but wood is really cutting-edge systems as civilisation faces to the sun and Mars”, he said. The “wood business could be revived by space travel.”