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Though, if the angle of re-entry is too shallow, it would skip off the atmosphere (like a rock would across water).
by moped 14y ago
Though, if the angle of re-entry is too shallow, it would skip off the atmosphere (like a rock would across water).
- drbawb 14y agoAnd if Earth is this basketball, and the Odyssey CM is this baseball, they have to hit a re-entry interface no thicker than this piece of computer paper. (At least that's what Apollo 13 [the movie] said.)