Visiting the Birthplace of PlanetVac

Published: March 7, 2018, 4 p.m.

Space is hard.\xa0 Sample collection and return is harder still.\xa0 That\u2019s why the radically-simplified PlanetVac system from Honeybee Robotics is so intriguing.\xa0 Join Planetary Society Chief Scientist Bruce Betts and host Mat Kaplan on a tour of Honeybee that includes a PlanetVac demo. Bruce returns for this week\u2019s What\u2019s Up jaunt around the night sky.\xa0 Planetary Society Digital Editor Jason Davis share big news about the LightSail 2 solar sail and the next SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch. Learn more about this week\u2019s topics and see images here: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2018/0307-planetvac-honeybee-tour.html