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Reply to comment by Vagabond_Grey in Russia may need to send a rescue mission to the International Space Station for 3 astronauts after a leak in their Soyuz capsule by A_Lazko
They're in orbit, not just high up. The red bull guy was high up.
These people are much higher up AND going sideways so fast they keep missing the earth even though they're falling towards it.
It's slowing down from going sideways fast that creates a bunch of the heat. Even if they could stop, they also still have a really long way to fall and would still build up a ton of speed as they hit the atmosphere.
Turns out, space is hard.
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