Question : which country has proposed satellites made of wood to be launched in space?
a) USA
b) India
c) China
d) Japan
Answer: d)
Context
- Japanese researches are to launch wooden satellites by 2023.
Facts
- To solve the problem of space debris ,Japanese researcher are planning to launch wooden satellites by 2023.
- The wooden satellites are being designed by the Sumitomo Forestry and Kyoto University. The Sumitomo Forestry is a 400-year-old wood working company of Japan.
- Wooden satellites will burn up in the space without releasing any harmful chemicals when they fall on earth.
- According to NASA, 95% of man-made objects in orbit were space junk. These are formed from the aluminum and other materials which peels off from satellites orbiting around earth when they fall back into earth’s atmosphere.
By – Kameshwar Shukla