[jerzmacow]

I like the idea that they care, but cellulose at 10,000km/h is just as deadly as steel

[kobalsky]

the article talks about the pollution of “aerosolized” aluminum particles in the atmosphere, not about the kinetic hazard.

[xyx0826]

I’d be curious to see the actual design. How much existing aluminum are they replacing with wood? Assuming the wood is purely structural, doesn’t that leave solar panels and internal propulsion/electronics as is which happen to make up the most of a satellite’s volume?

[mc32]

We get showered by meteors all the time, I don't see how satellites create unique pollution. Or do artificial satellites reenter earth in larger magnitudes than meteors?

[dartos]

Would it burn to ash at those speeds?

[itake]

Doesn’t wood need oxygen to burn?