On or about 28 Jul 2005 11:32:29 -0700, made the sensational claim that:
I think I understand why objects heat up when going through the
atmosphere and therefore why re-entry vehicles need heat shielding. My
question is why we don't need heat shielding when launching. Aren't we
going through the same atmosphere?

We do, that's part of the ET foam's job.
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