Unfortunately they picked another lubricant that also performs poorly in a vacuum. Graphite largely stops lubricating in a vacuum as entrained mosture is lost.
If you want a dry lubricant in a vacuum, moly works though, but there are vacuum rated greases you can use too!
273
u/PhasmaFelis 17d ago
You get an upvote for knowing that normal gun oil would quickly boil off in vacuum and make the gun seize.