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Am I supposed to write something funny here?
So as far as I know, there hasn't been a source that says what it exactly means (something about being in atmosphere, obviously).
For example, I have seen person say that because PoA isn't rated for atmosphere, gravity should have cut it half in Reach (When taking off). This is not true, because in Halo: CE we see that it managed to land on 04 in one piece, even without reactor breach or something like that (computers still working also). I suspect it had "UNSC floating devices" (I've seen someone say that they might be room-temperature superconductors, makes sense to me) that were not powerful enough to make it float, but powerful enough to slow down its descent, in case of crashing (CE) or dry docking (Reach).
In halo 3, when Dawn is landing on the Ark, we hear a marine ask about if it's rated for atmosphere. As seen in CE, we see that even a big UNSC ship can land without much damage to the stuff inside ('Hogs, reactors and Longsword were intact). So was the marine expecting Dawn to crash to the place they were in? (Of course with a speed that wouldn't kill them)
Which brings us to my theory about what "rated for atmosphere" means: ability to float, fly around and leave atmosphere without help (PoA had those thrusters). (Dawn hovers above ground and doesn't hit it or get stuck there, which obviously would make it rated for atmosphere)
Any other thoughts? (hopefully this is not too confusing)