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That would depend on your speed through the atmosphere. The outer layers of the atmosphere are actually quite cold - but when something drops into it at 130,000 miles per hour (the speed of a meteor) or even at 17,000 miles per hour (the speed of a returning space shuttle), things do heat up quite a bit!

If you are moving slowly through the upper atmosphere, it will be pretty darned cold.

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