• Question: How fast do you have to be travelling to enter the Earth's atmosphere?

    Asked by Theo to Andrea, Charlie 🚀, Col Op, Kirsty, Vinita on 15 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Andrea Boyd

      Andrea Boyd answered on 15 Jun 2016:


      Thanks to gravity, it doesn’t matter how fast you’re going, you’ll reenter! The angle of entry makes all the difference – get that right and have good heat shields or burn up.

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