Welcome!
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I am J.R. Skok, a planetary scientist, entrepreneur and explorer who is working to make our future multi-planetary while improving our experience here on Earth.
On this page, you will find just some of the projects that I am working on to help explore our universe and build a better future. Please explore and feel free to contact me with any questions, comments or ideas!
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GeoTagging Mars Science
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Like many of you, 2020 surprised me with an unprecedented opportunity to stay home. In addition to the usual activities of gardening, baking, and wearing out the Netflix queue, I have worked to develop the programming skills to develop a long-standing project idea.
As a researcher, I spend a lot of time searching for science papers on Google Scholar and even more time exploring the planets on Google Earth. What I want, was a service that would be the best of both worlds and show me where on the planets as science been done and published. To create this, I have had to learn Python, Javascript, HTML and just enough database entry to create a way to display where science has been done. This is very much an ongoing effort, but I welcome you to check out my first attempt at geotagging the science of Mars.
Click Here to Explore Mars GeoTag Map
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