The Science of Flight Episode 23, Atmospheric Reentry: Ballistic, Skip, Glide Episode 23, Atmospheric Reentry: Ballistic, Skip, Glide.

Streaming video - 2017

Now return to Earth, analyzing the problem of decelerating from orbital or escape speed to a gentle touchdown on land or water. Calculate the amount of energy that must be lost during the plunge through the atmosphere, and consider three approaches to reentry, including that of the Space Shuttle, which unfortunately ended tragically for Columbia in 2003. Also look at the dire reentry scenario faced by Apollo 13 in 1970.

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[San Francisco, California, USA] : The Great Courses 2017.
2023.
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English
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The Great Courses (film director), James W. Gregory (actor)
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