The palm-sized device was created by Kyoto University and a local construction company. According to the idea, at the end of its service life it will completely burn up in the atmosphere, leaving no traces, unlike metal ones. In orbit, the satellite will spend six months, after which the specialists will assess how effectively the wood tolerated the extreme conditions of space. Well, in the next 50 years, the authors of the project want to start building bases on the Moon and Mars out of wood