"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 05:18:37 GMT, "Casey Wilson" N2310D @ gmail.com
wrote in NkgPd.2805$uc.202@trnddc01::

So it is the thermal emissivity of the
wing surface that really matters -- not the molecular conductivity.

If the molecular conductivity is unimportant, once the surface changes
temperature, how does the rest of the material change temperature
without conduction?

Go back and read it in context. I didn't say there was no conduction.
What I said was (in different words) that conduction is not the process of
the wing surface losing thermal energy. Here, I'll put it in another term so
you can do some more nit picking: Because the atomosphere is transparent in
certain important wavelengths, the heat of the wing is being sucked into
outer space.