What else are you gonna do up there?
The Japanese team that are heading up to the International Space Station have decided that launching a paper airplane down into the Earth's atmosphere is their lab project of choice.
The origami glider ... will be subjected to wind speeds of Mach 7, or about 8,600 kilometers (5,300 miles) per hour.
A large spacecraft such as the Space Shuttle can reach speeds of up to Mach 20 (over 15,200 mph) when it re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere ....the much lighter origami aircraft, which the researchers claim will come down more slowly, is not expected to burn up on re-entry.
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