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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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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.