Can you build a satellite made out of… wood?

Before the end of year, two different groups from two different countries expect to launch extremely unusual but similar experiments into space. These experiments — and I can't believe I'm writing this — will test to see how well wood works as a structural component for satellites.

Yes, wood. Like, from trees.

I'll admit to being skeptical this will work, but both ideas are pretty interesting, and if they do pan out it could change the way some satellites are made.

One group is from Japan's K...