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Its Rocket Science: Testing PlanetVac in the Mojave Desert

Published: June 6, 2018, 3 p.m.

b'Join Mat Kaplan in California\\u2019s Mojave Desert for special coverage of not one but two rocket flights and a real world test of PlanetVac, the innovative, radically simple way to collect surface samples from other worlds.\\xa0 PlanetVac replaced one foot of a Masten Space Systems Xodiac rocket for back-to-back hops across a test site.\\xa0 We also talk with Masten CEO Sean Mahoney. Planetary Society Chief Scientist Bruce Betts also made the trip.\\xa0 He\\u2019ll also open a super massive contest for PlanRad listeners in our What\\u2019s Up segment.\\xa0 See images and video of the PlanetVac Xodiac flight test and learn more here:\\xa0 http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2018/0606-planetvac-xodiac-test.html'