See, this guy Katlin stole a bunch of diamonds, and MacGyver found out, so he went to break into Katlin’s suite. He circumvented the security camera by hanging a mirror in front of it, then took a piece of plastic tubing and stuck it in the laser alarm so that the light would pass around him and he could get through, and then he used Katlin’s pet bird to…
The reason most things heat up on reentry is because they are coming down not just from space, but from orbit. Orbital speed is about 8 kilometers per second, or almost 18,000 mph, and you don’t need to slow down that much to deorbit. Baumgartner fell at only a tenth that speed.
Miles, be glad you don’t have tree allergies. I’m often sneezing and sniffling after jumping in a leaf pile.