so many, it s hard to believe they don t even crash into one another, let alone be able to take a picture of a place on this globe. seems to be completely covered. but with all of that amazing technology in orbit, no one has been able to get a good, clear picture of any of this so-called debris in the southern indian ocean. turns out we can do it, it can be done. just not as easy as you think. and chad myers joins me now to talk about how the satellites work. i spent a solid half hour with you after the program yesterday and you cleared it up beautifully. two kinds of satellites, polar orbiters and geo sin kronnous. this is not 101. this is 202. this is going to be the advanced course on satellites. the geo orbiting satellite like inmarsat stays at the exact point when the earth rotates. always over the same spot. a polar orbiter rotates like this, keeps rotatinging in the