"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 May 2005, John Rowland wrote:
"Stuart" wrote in message
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I suspect it's the same system with 'satellite' being used as a bit of
hyperbole
Parabole, surely.
Parabolic orbits are open (ie end up shooting off into deep space), and so
not much use for satellites. Personally, i'd never let such a technically
inaccurate pun pass my ellipse.
tom

ROFL - thanks for that one !!!
Cheerz,
Baz