Chemistry and tiny structures help water roll from a lotus leaf. Engineers study the principle. The explanation gives us more to notice.
Science scope: lotus-inspired aircraft-coating research, not spacecraft deployment. Surface chemistry and tiny structure both matter.
Reflection: Risale-i Nur, The Words, Twenty-Third Word, First Chapter, Fourth Point, p423. https://www.erisale.com/en/words/the-twenty-third-word-first-chapter
Surface research: Barthlott and Neinhuis (1997), https://doi.org/10.1007/s004250050096
Aircraft-coating research: NASA, https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-tests-aircraft-wing-coatings-that-slough-bug-guts-2/
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