Dudes in Japan were making little tiny origami airplanes. Cool enough. But then, some OTHER dude was like “Put that shit in ahypersonic wind tunnel” and nobody was there to stop him … so he DID … and you know what? That little origami plane didn’t even care.

In a test outside Tokyo in early February, a prototype about 2.8 inches long and 2 inches wide survived Mach 7 speeds and broiling temperatures up to 446 degrees Fahrenheit in a hypersonic wind tunnel - conditions meant to approximate what the plane would face entering Earth’s atmosphere.

The implications of paper surviving these conditions mean re-entry vehicles and space probes are due for an overhaul.

Alternative Press has it all.

UP YOURS, MARS.

Outerspace has a grid background?