why is atmosphere reentry such an issue? If it is just because of speed hitting the atmosphere why can’t the spacecraft just slow down before and synchronise with earth rotation?

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why is atmosphere reentry such an issue? If it is just because of speed hitting the atmosphere why can’t the spacecraft just slow down before and synchronise with earth rotation?

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Sidequest: you can have less trouble with speed matching if you landed on the rotation poles center coming from afar and aligned with the pole normal vector, although not very practical afterwards 😆

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