# Can an X-Wing escape Earth's gravity?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 25, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-x-wing-escape-earths-gravity/184230 "2003-06-25T04:57:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-x-wing-escape-earths-gravity/184230/61 "2011-01-03T23:29:05Z")

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> [@outlierrn](#):
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> isn’t heat dissipation on a primarily spaceborne platform independent of surface area?

Really? I assume that more surface area would create more surfaces from which heat can radiate into the vacuum…

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