Jon Nguyen: Tour the solar system from home

Want to navigate the solar system without having to buy that expensive spacecraft? Jon Nguyen demos NASAJPL’s “Eyes on the Solar System” — free-to-use software for exploring the planets, moons, asteroids, and spacecraft that rotate around our sun in real-time. (Filmed at TEDxSanDiego.)

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