This is Robert Picardo and you're
watching the Planetary Post.
Bill.
You don't read that part. That's your name.
We're about to go green. This is it. The ancient chromakey green
Hi, I'm on set here with Bill Nye because
we and the good people of Intel are
making a series on artificial
intelligence.
And even though all of this is going on
right now that is not going to keep me
from my sworn duty of completing the
Planetary Post for this month.
First up PlanetVac Xodiac is a new
low-cost approach to sampling planetary
surfaces. Right now you can help us take
this cool technology to the next level
of testing for consideration on future
space missions.
Quiet on the set!
Okay, I was making too much noise
so they threw me off the set, but as I
was saying, one big supporter of the
PlanetVac Xodiac project is Pendleton
Ward, creator of the hit animated series
Adventure Time.
In fact, Pendleton donated some really
cool PlanetVac Xodiac artwork. Have a look.
The Planetary Society and Honeybee
robotics are going to test the PlanetVac
out in the Mojave Desert on a cool
rocket called a Xodiac.
That is adorable. At planetary.org/planetvac you can learn more about the
project and if you want even make a gift
to support it.
Next up, the brand new Planetary Science Congressional Caucus. A caucus is a group of leaders in Congress
who cover specific topics and now we
have one for planetary science. And guess
what? The Planetary Society played an
active role in its creation. Now you
can ask your member of Congress to join
the Planetary Caucus to give you more
say about what happens in space. Invite
your Congress people by going to
planetary.org/caucus.
I better get back.  They're probably wondering what happened to me.
And last thing today of course: SpaceX
had a very successful test launch
earlier this month and everybody is very
excited, but we at the Planetary Society
are a little more excited because it
means that our LightsSail 2 spacecraft is that
much closer to being in space so to
celebrate let's have another look at
those awesome clips of the Falcon Heavy
and I'll get back to my show.
Where is everybody?
