>Where's the line between gliding and falling when even a brick can act like a lifting body due to the extreme speeds? Good point, and also not, but overall i

>Where's the line between gliding and falling when even a brick can act like a lifting body due to the extreme speeds? Good point, and also not, but overall i would make the biggest distinction that one is a full ballistic object (reentry vehicle), and one is a gliding brick (shuttle) that makes s-turns to slow down, it's also a ballistic object but with much more freedom. The Insane Engineering of Re-Entry https://youtu.be/ivLX9o6Ayl8?t=1333 https://youtu.be/ivLX9o6Ayl8?t=1333