Here's the 'exploitable' for one's own graffiti..
10/10 quotable wall. You did however forget the pretty lines of color.
Thanks for cropping my photo stamp out the top right hand corner... who knows what people will write on it!
Thanks for cropping my photo stamp out the top right hand corner... who knows what people will write on it!
I don't see why there would be any kind of "Fake Out." My understanding is we're going to witness the big bang as we did with Ellen. So the vehicles will roll out and face the oncoming explosion. The bang will blow us backwards so there's no need for any turns at first.Ok, So I've just stitching @marni1971's purposely vague sketches together. And I think I've worked out that the reverse launch, or the "fake-out" where the vehicles turn, happens inside the Energy building instead of in the launch tunnel.
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I don't see why there would be any kind of "Fake Out." My understanding is we're going to witness the big bang as we did with Ellen. So the vehicles will roll out and face the oncoming explosion. The bang will blow us backwards so there's no need for any turns at first.
As a scientist and educator, what bothers me about this nod towards edutainment is that it reinforces the basic misconception about the Big Bang that it was in some sense "an explosion". It wasn't, and it didn't blow things outward. So, I'm sure it will be a fun moment and artistic license is always allowed, but it is IMHO a very poor attempt to provide some tie in to edutainment and the EPCOT Center of old.
Eh... there's a few issues with this. You're not wrong in that the launch happens in the Energy building, but that would be like saying that the RnRc Launch happens in the queue building. The interior layout for the Energy building is a little wonky, but I think that is just the result of you misinterpreting Martin's sketch. Then again, if there wasn't meant to be room for misinterpretation (as was also done in the gravity building), he would have made the drawing clearer.Ok, So I've just stitching @marni1971's purposely vague sketches together. And I think I've worked out that the reverse launch, or the "fake-out" where the vehicles turn, happens inside the Energy building instead of in the launch tunnel. The issue I have is where the gravity building, as I've broken down the track in 3 parts, however I've marked in blue, the sections which don't seemingly connect to other parts??? Obviously, the track is 3-dimensional and so there is only so much a 2d representation can illustrate. But I'm wondering wha everyone could be thinking?
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Eh... there's a few issues with this. You're not wrong in that the launch happens in the Energy building, but that would be like saying that the RnRc Launch happens in the queue building. The interior layout for the Energy building is a little wonky, but I think that is just the result of you misinterpreting Martin's sketch. Then again, if there wasn't meant to be room for misinterpretation (as was also done in the gravity building), he would have made the drawing clearer.
Time travel is already an aspect seeing as we're going to the big bang. Few attractions occur in real time. Certainly perspective could be given:As a scientist and educator, what bothers me about this nod towards edutainment is that it reinforces the basic misconception about the Big Bang that it was in some sense "an explosion". It wasn't, and it didn't blow things outward. So, I'm sure it will be a fun moment and artistic license is always allowed, but it is IMHO a very poor attempt to provide some tie in to edutainment and the EPCOT Center of old.
Time travel is already an aspect seeing as we're going to the big bang. Few attractions occur in real time. Certainly perspective could be given:
"Here we are all the way back at the Planck epoch. Now hang on, we're about to experience the next fourteen billion years of cosmic inflation in about ten seconds!"
Well, we'll see what it ends up being. I think the real difference between Epcot then and now is "show and tell" vs. "see for yourself". Both are valid experiences.I definitely think the premise is cool and has a lot of potential. Time travel + the beginning of the universe throwing you into a high speed launch is going to be a very cool moment. And cool moments can be used to educate about more important things, hence edutainment.
That just doesn't seem to be what's going on here. Neither the Big Bang/inflation works this way (expansion rather than explosion). I'm probably the only one who knows or cares about this sort of subtle scientific incorrectness, but it's just another reminder of the big gap between EPCOT Center's ideals and those of Epcot 3.0.
Ah, gotcha. Better to save the launch coaster to teach us about the Cambrian Explosion.Neither the Big Bang/inflation works this way (expansion rather than explosion).
You are not alone.I definitely think the premise is cool and has a lot of potential. Time travel + the beginning of the universe throwing you into a high speed launch is going to be a very cool moment. And cool moments can be used to educate about more important things, hence edutainment.
That just doesn't seem to be what's going on here. Neither the Big Bang/inflation works this way (expansion rather than explosion). I'm probably the only one who knows or cares about this sort of subtle scientific incorrectness, but it's just another reminder of the big gap between EPCOT Center's ideals and those of Epcot 3.0.
As I understand it, most "scientists" did not agree with the term. The name actually originated from a critic of the theory who used the term "big bang" as a slur. Once that name was out there it stuck.I don't think that after scientists have accepted the term "Big Bang" that they can start getting nitpicky over 'explosion' versus 'expansion'.
Not to mention you have the "period of expansion" happened in an incredibly short period of time at an incredibly short period after 'the big bang' (and not over the whole history of the universe) versus just general expansion currently happening an a much reduced rate.
If we wanted to get nitpicky...
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