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Would making a last ditch effort to skip save the spaceship?

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Imagine a spaceship entering Earth's atmosphere, it has lost control of its engines and is relying on its reverse thrusters to decelerate before crashing into the Pacific ocean.

So in an attempt to save everyone on board from an impending doom, the pilot turned off all the reverse thrusters located on the top of the ship while diverting all powers to the thrusters located at the bottom.

I was wondering would making the spaceship skips on the ocean surface be much safer than dropping straight into the water as gently as possible?

In many sci-fi blockbuster movies spaceship were seen skipping on solid ground and the pilots emerged out with a smile and often suffered minor superficial cuts.

If skipping increased the survivability then all future spaceship pilots are required to perform this manuver before they are licensed to fly.

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