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Wood's even cheaper. Been to the hardware store recently? You're right though. I really doubt the cost of the aluminium is relevant to any satellite. It costs
by direwolf20 9mo ago
Wood's even cheaper. Been to the hardware store recently?
You're right though. I really doubt the cost of the aluminium is relevant to any satellite. It costs over 10k to launch the smallest cubesat.
- varjag 9mo agoYeah am not even sure prime quality mahogany (proposed here) is cheaper than aluminium at all.
- antonvs 9mo agoThe outer shell of WISA Woodsat (a different wood satellite) is made from birch plywood. There are some nice pics here: https://kitsat.fi/2022-04_one-year-after-making-our-project-public-now-ready-and-waiting https://kitsat.fi/2022-04_one-year-after-making-our-project-... Sadly, I don't think it was ever launched.