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The heat generated by friction due to 'rubbing' against the air at re-entry speed. This is the same effect that causes a stone or a grain of sand to burn when it enters the atmosphere and become visible as a 'shooting star'.
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What causes a spaceship to get red hot when re entering earths atmosphere?
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How spaceships get into space?
You use a spaceship and break through the earths atmosphere
What is the difference between a plane and spacecraft?
An aircraft flies in the Earths atmosphere, whereas a spaceship flies above the atmosphere.
What causes all of the changes that take place in earths atmosphere?
what causes all of the changes that take place in earths atmosphere is the tilt of the earths axis
What causes catastrophic events to occur?
The climate of the earth and the earths atmosphere
What part of the earths atmosphere absorbs the radiation that causes skin cancer?
green house effect
Why is Carbon-Oxygen2 important for the earths atmosphere?
It is not, because the greenhouse affect causes global warming.
What causes meteors to enter earths atmosphere?
Gravity. And the meteor is on a path that intersects the orbit of the Earth.
What causes the pressure of the atmosphere?
Atmospheric pressure is caused by the force of the air above the earths surface. It is measured by the point in which the air meets the atmosphere.
What causes a meteor to burn?
gases combined with the speed, plus the passing through earths atmosphere. Or to answer in a word........friction!
What can go wrong when a spaceship enters earths atmosphere?
When a spaceship enters Earth's atmosphere, potential issues could include excessive heat causing heat shields to fail, navigation errors leading to incorrect reentry angles, or turbulence causing structural stress. Additionally, communication disruptions or parachute failures during landing could also occur.
How do geologists think earths atmosphere formed?
how do geologists think earths atmosphere is formed
