A discussion as to why a satellite does not slow down due to gravity was undertaken, with a bowling ball traveling down a well waxed alley used to demonstrate the explanation. The answer was then extrapolated as to why a satellite, higher than 150 km, will not slow down, but continue to travel perpendicular to gravity and parallel to the surface. The period of an orbit was discussed and that the velocity will slow down the longer the period lasted. I demonstrated this with a weighted object on the end of a string whose length was adjusted as the weight orbited my hand.