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    If a spacecraft can potentially burn up on re-entering the Earth's atmosphere, why doesn't it burn up leaving the Earth's atmosphere after take off?

    Question #91040. Asked by rixbix. (Jan 11 08 7:58 PM)


    MonkeyOnALeash

    		Speed. And ONLY speed.


    " When the space shuttle orbiter and crew are finished their mission, it's time to return to the earth's surface. The process to bring the spacecraft from its orbital speed of 28,000 km/h to a complete stop on the runway is as complex and perilous as the lift-off. "

    http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/sts_landing_4.htm


    Jan 11 08, 8:57 PM

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