Do we really need to know if plywood can make a decent satellite?

[Micawber]

World's first wooden satellite aims to prove plywood can survive space (msn.com)

This idea rests firmly on my bottom rung of my "400 dumbest things worth shooting into space" ladder

Was this a bar bet?

An ambitious project will send a tiny wooden satellite into orbit later this year to see if it can stand up to the brutal conditions of space.

Some micro particles will bombard it, it will degrade and then what?

Are we out of aluminum?

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World's first wooden satellite aims to prove plywood can survive space (msn.com)

This idea rests firmly on my bottom rung of my "400 dumbest things worth shooting into space" ladder

Was this a bar bet?

An ambitious project will send a tiny wooden satellite into orbit later this year to see if it can stand up to the brutal conditions of space.

Some micro particles will bombard it, it will degrade and then what?

Are we out of aluminum?

I would put you in the top ten of the dumbest things worth shooting into space.