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Varyon · 08-05-2015, 08:35 AM

Flight doesn't allow you to fly in Trace atmospheres, and unless I'm mistaken you actually start getting the reentry heating effect before you get to a greater than Trace atmospheric pressure. So, no, you can't use non-Space Flight to slow down enough to avoid the effect. TK, on the other hand, isn't going to be limited to atmosphere. Unmodified TK is reactionless (you don't get thrown back by pushing on something heavier than you, and you can push on yourself to fly), so you should be able to slow yourself down with that just fine. Note, however, that as you shed velocity, you'll lose your orbit; you may well end up reentering atmosphere before you've got your speed down enough to avoid burning up.

08-05-2015, 08:35 AM	#2
Varyon Join Date: Jun 2013	Re: Reentry with Flight/TK Flight doesn't allow you to fly in Trace atmospheres, and unless I'm mistaken you actually start getting the reentry heating effect before you get to a greater than Trace atmospheric pressure. So, no, you can't use non-Space Flight to slow down enough to avoid the effect. TK, on the other hand, isn't going to be limited to atmosphere. Unmodified TK is reactionless (you don't get thrown back by pushing on something heavier than you, and you can push on yourself to fly), so you should be able to slow yourself down with that just fine. Note, however, that as you shed velocity, you'll lose your orbit; you may well end up reentering atmosphere before you've got your speed down enough to avoid burning up.