Everyday Astronaut will soon release a video with all the math about this. It turns out that even doing the flip slightly higher, already has a massive impact

Everyday Astronaut will soon release a video with all the math about this. It turns out that even doing the flip slightly higher, already has a massive impact in terms of energy required. Slowing down from Orbital speed is an insane amount of energy that has to be removed. You really only want the last tiny bit to be removed by rocket thrusting.