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Where this originally started...

I stated that the recreational version of the suit, dropping someone from a "fixed" rocket platform at an altitude of only 60 miles, would need no exotic heat shielding other than the minimal type seen on things like SpaceShip One. There are many existing materials that would do this.

Other reentry regimes, from higher altitudes or greater velocities, would be another matter.

It's that simple.

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