How Do Spacecraft Survive Re-Entry?

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How do spacecraft survive the enormous heat and crushing g’s of re-entry? And why don’t astronauts actually land in rockets, like they do in cartoons and comic books? SciShow Space explains! Hosted By: Hank Green ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/artist/52/SciShow Or help support us by subscribing to our page on Subbable: https://subbable.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Thanks Tank Tumblr: http://thankstank.tumblr.com Sources: http://history.arc.nasa.gov/hist_pdfs/bio_allen_pub.pdf http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4305/ch12.htm https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Atmospheric_reentry.html https://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/designees_delegations/designee_types/ame/media/Section%20III.4.1.7%20Returning%20from%20Space.pdf http://www.universetoday.com/13762/soyuz-crew-safe-after-a-violent-re-entry-and-landing-400km-off-target/

Published 2014-10-21 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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