From: 1@2.com.retro.com   
      
   Early on in the space program, the space capsule used brute force re-entry.   
   IE: it slammed into the upper atmosphere at high speed to slow down for   
   return.   
   The space shuttle is a lifting body.   
   Why can't it fly back???   
   If the shuttle hit the atmosphere slower, use aero braking and descend at   
   a shallower angle, the shuttle could return at a slower decent rate, and not   
   be subjected to the high temptures.   
      
      
      
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