Why can’t the space shuttle just go slow enough to not be heated up by friction with earths atmosphere on re-entry?
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It’s only going so fast because it had to to get up there. While it could slow down on it’s own out would require a huge amount of fule. Lots of fule to slow down and a more to carry the weight of the added fule. It’s just far cheaper to use the free energy of the atmosphere as the breaks.
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