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3189. Conic Sections

title text: They're not generally used for crewed spacecraft because astronauts HATE going around the corners.

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Single panel comic. A drawing of the earth with a single satellite around it. The satellite's path is traced by a dotted line that looks like a standard elliptical orbit on one side and on the other turns into a straight line with basically right angles. Lower caption: All Keplerian orbits are conic sections. For example, this one uses the base of the cone.