Actually it will be going about 17,000mph as thats orbital velocity. :-) but because its so light with so much drag it will slow down way faster than it will heat up without the "mass" to "push" through the drag which is in reality what causes the heat up. IF you could "slown down" the shuttle to say mach 3 it would not heat up on reentry at all.
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the mass of a paper plane is very small. it's not going to be going 5300 mph
Actually it will be going about 17,000mph as thats orbital velocity. :-) but because its so light with so much drag it will slow down way faster than it will heat up without the "mass" to "push" through the drag which is in reality what causes the heat up. IF you could "slown down" the shuttle to say mach 3 it would not heat up on reentry at all.