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Hi guys,

Jaha uses an old rocket to de-orbit. But if you know that: "The mean orbital velocity needed to maintain a stable low Earth orbit is about 7.8 km/s, (28,080 kph)" 

He points the rocket at earth to go to the ground. Which means his speed will be the same or higher tham 28000 km/hour. This should be impossible to survive, because of the G forces. Why didn't they turn the rocket around and do an de-orbit burn?

Meh. 