Destructive atmospheric heating DOES exist in stock! (oops, sorry, it doesn't)

[NERVAfan]

I thought there was no way for atmospheric heating to destroy a craft in stock - that's what Deadly Reentry is for.

But then I stuck 22 sepratrons (the most I could fit) to a Stayputnik and launched it. It very briefly reached 782 m/s before turning into a puff of smoke, and when the "Catastrophic Failure" screen came up, it said "Stayputnik Mk. 1 exploded due to overheating."

I repeated it a couple of times and it still exploded, so it's not a fluke...

Edited February 16, 2014 by NERVAfan
spelling, changed title (oops)

[Dodgey]

That's due to the exhaust from the sepratrons, it's like when your engines overheat.

[RocketPilot573]

Yep, engines can overheat parts, but not the atmosphere.

[NERVAfan]

Ah. oops. sorry