Anonymous ID: 1fd60f March 16, 2020, 12:20 p.m. No.8439603   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>8439468

Because Friction.

If you pass through the atmosphere at a 90 degree angle from the earth the heat would destroy the shuttle.

Passing through at a less steep angle allows them to reduce heat on the shuttle.

Quite simple actually.

Like doing a shallow dive in the water instead of going in head first.