Hi Graham I was just trying to show that this is not the first time wood has been used in a spacecraft. I have my doubts wood would ever pass the NASA Out-Gassing specs to fly on a NASA flight. Maybe if you left the wood in a vacuum chamber for a month.....hihi Kent WA5VJB On Sunday, January 3, 2021, 11:15:57 AM CST, Graham c colonelkrypton@gmail.com wrote:
What does this mean? cheers, Graham ve3gtc On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 4:05 PM va3hj@mail.com va3hj@mail.com wrote:
Please Identify the differences between Chinese and Japanese before sending craps
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-------- Original message -------- From: KENT BRITAIN wa5vjb@flash.net Date: Sun., Jan. 3, 2021, 09:17 To: 'AMSAT-BB' amsat-bb@amsat.org, APBIDDLE@MAILAPS.ORG Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: "Wood" this be a good idea?
For years the Chinese used laminated Oak wood as the re-entry heat shield on their spy satellites. Kent WA5VJB On Sunday, January 3, 2021, 06:31:33 AM CST, Alan wa4sca@gmail.com wrote:
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Science/World-s-first-wooden-satellite-to-b e-launched-by-Japan-in-2023
Looks like a fun stunt.
73,
Alan WA4SCA
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