Weekly Space Hangout: May 9, 2018: Tom Bridgman of NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

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Special Guests:

Tom Bridgman works at NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS) creating amazing data-driven visual content using space science data from NASA initiatives for education and public outreach.

After earning his PhD in physics and astronomy, Tom worked as an instrument specialist at the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory before joining the SVS at Goddard.

You can learn all about

the SVS at their webpage

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You can find

Tom's visualizations online here.

Finally, you can access the

growing catalog of publicly available resources, including datasets, APIs, and more, here

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