Atmo re-entry effects and challenges in Odyssey?
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No re-entry events during leg missions. unless you accidentally step on the wrong geyser 
Because very thin atmospheres wouldn't cause them
When you mess up a atmo-landing in Odyssey...
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Considering you're entering the atmosphere during orbital cruise, I doubt there will be any significant gameplay effects. Especially with only tenuous atmospheres. That may be something they will add later on with thicker atmospheres. Though starting to ease people in with tenuous atmospheres may be a sensible progression. Just imagine the threads how they "Just wanted to land on a planetary port when I suddenly overheated and died. What gives?".
Oh boy that's wrong..... Mars has less than 1% of Earths atmo and there are re-entry effects (shaking, plasma...etc.).....going from vacuum to gas state will affect object entering it, depending on speed.
Velocities outside supercruise rarely exceed Mach 2. Is such a low velocity relevant for atmospheric heating during reentry?
if you watch the video they were only travelling at 200 in those shots, they were (deliberately) out of supercruise/glide to get the shots at an altitude where they should have been at glide / drop threshold. We've really no idea about the glide or any heat effects yet.
edit - because they went out of their way to not show it
Pretty sure they said there is nothing special about glide for the tenuous systems. And if there is ... bonus!
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I don't know at what speed in what atmo type and density will produce enough traction to cause visible heat effects but there are other effects too....aerodynamic....shaking.....
Yes there was heating/atmo traction causing plasma effects
As it wen't lower into atmo it's shape caused slowdown and deployed chute when under 1000mph if i remember correctly
Well, there's the evidence of heat:
mars.nasa.gov
Mars 2020 Spacecraft - NASA
The spacecraft is what encapsulates and protects the Perseverance rover on its way to Mars.
mars.nasa.gov
It's almost as if powered flight is different to things just falling towards a planet, whodathunkit?
Cue the bug reports "I powered off my sidewinder and allowed it to fall towards a planet and still didn't get a plasma effect!"
Cue the bug reports "I powered off my sidewinder and allowed it to fall towards a planet and still didn't get a plasma effect!"
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