Japanese to launch paper plane from ISS

[Rick]

Researchers from the University of Tokyo have hooked up with the Japan Origami Airplane Association for what is quite possibly the most splendidly pointless space experiment of all time - the development of a paper plane capable of surviving re-entry into Earth's atmosphere after launch from the International Space Station.

More: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/22/iss_paper_plane/

[mickw]

And UK science is losing funding