why spacex rockets don’t burn up during re-entry?

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why spacex rockets don’t burn up during re-entry?

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The boosters do not reach orbital speed, or anything close to it, and so they are going much much slower during their re-entry than something that has actually been in orbit and requires that kind of energy dispensation.

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why spacex rockets don’t burn up during re-entry?

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The boosters do not reach orbital speed, or anything close to it, and so they are going much much slower during their re-entry than something that has actually been in orbit and requires that kind of energy dispensation.

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