In its new article called "From Mission to Mars to Mission Space" Disney and more unveil great artwork of the Mission: Space that never was.
As you may know, huge cuts were done in the original concept of Mission: Space, and it's really a pity as the first concept was fantastic. The beginning was the same than the one that guests can ride at Epcot, but the centrifuge ride was suppose to sent Mission: Space visitors to a Space Station built on the Moon - or, according to Jim Hill in his excellent 2001 article, on a huge asteroid.
Always according to Jim "After they've arrived at the station, Epcot visitors will be free to disembark and discover the many wonders that are hidden deep inside that asteroid". And how, you ask? Well, that was the third genius part of the ride as Guests would have been able to move inside the Space Station thanks to a simulation of "MMU" - Manned Maneuvering Unit - the famous propulsion backpack which was used by NASA astronauts on three space shuttle missions in 1984 and which allowed the astronauts to perform untethered EVA spacewalks at a distance from the shuttle. Of course every "MMU" was supposed to follow a track, but the ride would have been great anyway.
You can see the beautiful renderings of these 2nd and 3rd part of the original ride concept at the link below, and frankly it's a shame that the "full concept" was never build as it would have been, as you will see, really great!
http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2009/07/from-mission-to-mars-to-mission-space.html
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As you may know, huge cuts were done in the original concept of Mission: Space, and it's really a pity as the first concept was fantastic. The beginning was the same than the one that guests can ride at Epcot, but the centrifuge ride was suppose to sent Mission: Space visitors to a Space Station built on the Moon - or, according to Jim Hill in his excellent 2001 article, on a huge asteroid.
Always according to Jim "After they've arrived at the station, Epcot visitors will be free to disembark and discover the many wonders that are hidden deep inside that asteroid". And how, you ask? Well, that was the third genius part of the ride as Guests would have been able to move inside the Space Station thanks to a simulation of "MMU" - Manned Maneuvering Unit - the famous propulsion backpack which was used by NASA astronauts on three space shuttle missions in 1984 and which allowed the astronauts to perform untethered EVA spacewalks at a distance from the shuttle. Of course every "MMU" was supposed to follow a track, but the ride would have been great anyway.
You can see the beautiful renderings of these 2nd and 3rd part of the original ride concept at the link below, and frankly it's a shame that the "full concept" was never build as it would have been, as you will see, really great!
http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2009/07/from-mission-to-mars-to-mission-space.html
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The REAL M:S. The one we have is quite amazing, but honestly....The original plans would been much more in tune with EPCOT and what Disney is REALLY capable of.
