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[whimsy]

Surely exiting a gravity well causes the spacecraft to experience an enormous amount of pressure opposite to the direction of its travel.

[burgerbrain → whimsy]

Many different forces for sure, but I doubt that acceleration through the atmosphere causes a uniform pressure over the entire craft.

In fact, would you get the opposote effect along the sides of the craft, where air is moving fast but parallel to the surface?