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Orbital re-entry always seems to be an extremely dangerous high speed high temperature maneuver but does it have to be that way? If a spaceship has enough propellant and could slow itself down sufficiently, it could just fall straight down through the atmosphere, right?

by /u/the_y_of_the_tiger in /r/askscience

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