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Deceleration is going to happen regardless since you're coming down from much thinner air. The plane would most likely rip apart long before hitting said target
by kenrikm 12y ago
Deceleration is going to happen regardless since you're coming down from much thinner air. The plane would most likely rip apart long before hitting said target, Mach 5 at Sea level does not do good things to airframes.
- SideburnsOfDoom 12y agoSo all possible descent speeds are either 1) slow enough to be relatively safe or 2) fast enough to cause disintegration of a craft designed for atmosphere re-entry. I have no aerospace knowledge, so in the absence of anyone doing the maths, I'm going to go with "maybe so, maybe not".