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Sending a sundial to Mars - Bill Nye

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Bill Nye, otherwise known as The Science Guy, inherited his father's fascination with sundials. And so he campaigned to have sundials aboard the Spirit and Opportunity Mars exploration rovers. A look at how a small device reveals big implications as to our place in space.

Have you ever been left without modern technology and had to invent something, like a sundial? If you haven't, can you think of an everyday piece of technology that you may take for granted? How would you replicate this technology with limited resources?

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