Big Picture Science – Solar System Vacation: Andy Fraknoi / Hiking Mars

by Gary Niederhoff on August 9, 2015

Solar System Vacation – Hiking Mars
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Part 1 of Solar System Vacation, featuring Andy Fraknoi, chair of the astronomy department at Foothill College, describing a class assignment wherein he asks students to plan vacation getaways within the solar system. First stop: Mars.

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