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Re:JP-7 by brazzy on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @09:06AM (#23986189)
> However, very high skin temperatures are generated at this speed due to friction with the air.

I remember reading somewhere that this is a common misconception and that most of the heat is generated not by friction but by air compression.

But that may have been about the Space Shuttle re-entry, which has considerably higher speeds.

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