The first exhibit at NASA''s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex to examine the near future of space exploration, “Exploration Space: Explorers Wanted” is a stunning addition to one of America's most enthralling and best-loved visitor attractions. Combining live theatre, interactive exhibits and new media components, the area was designed by BRC Imagination Arts, Inc, in collaboration with the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and Delaware North Co. Parks & Resorts, the Visitor Complex's commercial partner.
Filled with light, colour, sound and energy, this immersive exhibit gallery features large-scale digital projections, dimensional exhibits and interactive experiences that invite visitors to be a part of the future of space exploration. Enter a virtual world that can transport guests instantly to Mars or the moon, with vivid action happening all around.
The exhibit audio visual systems were designed and installed by Electrosonic. They include a giant 12ft x 8ft portal looking out onto a rear-projection screen that displays enormous images of future destinations like the moon, Mars and nebulas for the introductory exhibit, "Your Destination". A flat-screen LCD display titled "On The Shoulders Of Giants" showcases the next-generation of spacecraft. Five large 12ft x 15ft trapezoidal exhibit screens immerse the guests in the future of space travel. Six more screens of various shapes and sizes, including a 14-ft. wide 16:9 screen a 12-ft. diameter screen and four trapezoidal screens, support the main show "Explorers Wanted".
Twice every hour, the entire exhibit is transformed into a live immersive show environment for a 12-minute dynamic, presentation called "Explorers Wanted", in which a NASA "Communicator" walks guests through new missions, new discoveries and the immense challenges of space exploration.
