That would require nearby surfaces to be ferromagnetic, which generally means steel. I doubt there’s much exposed steel on the outside of the ISS. Steel is craz

That would require nearby surfaces to be ferromagnetic, which generally means steel. I doubt there’s much exposed steel on the outside of the ISS. Steel is crazy heavy compared to other materials like titanium or aluminium, and given the cost of putting mass into space, it’s unlikely there’s much steel at all on the ISS.