Unnoticed Space Ship Earth detail - Pentagon

[Gorjus]

I'm sure some people realize this, but there are 10 perfect pentagons on SpaceShip Earth. Some are upside down, some are right side up. Here is a photo, with the pentagon outlined, of one of them.

On your next visit, see if you can find the other 9.

Here is a clue for one of them:

From the entrance, walk up to the mirrored pillar at the base of SSE. Where the mirrored pillar and the geosphere meet is the bottom of the upside down pentagon, just like the one pictured above.

Just a fun thing, like hidden mickeys, to look for if you are a WDW veteran. BTW, introduce yourself to the CM. You might find a CM who is on this board.

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

How cool!

I'llbe sure to look for this next time...How did you notice this?

 

[EPCOT.nut]

I read that as "pentagram" - :lookaroun - I don't know why...:lol:...

Now I have one more reason to head over to EPCOT and stand around SSE....one of my favorite places in the park!

 

[MissM]

I read that as "pentagram" - :lookaroun - I don't know why...:lol:...

"Pentagram" isn't a dirty word or anything. It's just a five-pointed star:

a five-pointed, star-shaped figure made by extending the sides of a regular pentagon until they meet
​

 

[Gorjus]

How cool!

I'llbe sure to look for this next time...How did you notice this?

A guest told me there were three. It took me forever to find one. Once I realized the pattern for finding them, I found 10.

It is cool.

 

[SDav10495]

I think I'd get a little dizzy staring at all the panels on SSE and trying to pick out the pentagons...

 

[MichWolv]

Interesting. I'm sure there is a geometric explanation for why the pentagonal sections are necessary. I wonder what it is.

 

[Tinkrbell]

Interesting. I'm sure there is a geometric explanation for why the pentagonal sections are necessary. I wonder what it is.

The need for the pentagonal sections has to do with the angles at which the hexagonal sections (6 sides) form when they meet. I know the exact reasoning behind it, but its long & confusing with the different formulas that are used to figure it out exactly. (yes, im a math major)

 

[unkadug]

Interesting. I'm sure there is a geometric explanation for why the pentagonal sections are necessary. I wonder what it is.

They are necessary so that the skin will come together to form the ball.

See http://nuwen.net/poly.html for instructions on how to build your own paper Spaceship Earth

 

[brkgnews]

I'd noticed there were areas in which the larger panels joined together at funky angles (in order to make the sphere into a... well... sphere). But I had never really paid attention to the pentagons. Neat.

 

[Rob562]

I'd seen it stated before as 10 five-pointed stars (which are what's inside the pentagon)

-Rob

 

[EPCOT.nut]

"Pentagram" isn't a dirty word or anything. It's just a five-pointed star:

a five-pointed, star-shaped figure made by extending the sides of a regular pentagon until they meet
​

Yeah, I know...that would be P**tagram.

:lol:

:lookaroun

 

[hardcard]

this isn;'t really news.... ever looked at a soccer ball ? same principle

 

[Figment82]

My mom loves looking for the pentagons every time she visits Epcot - she's gotten me sucked in too.

I made my own paper SSE, following the instructions above, and it came out pretty well. I started a thread about it with photos back in late September last year, I don't know if it's still around.

 

[PinMadness]

this isn;'t really news.... ever looked at a soccer ball ? same principle

Well, I thought it was very interesting. Thank you for sharing Gorjus.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Its there because hidden amongst the ride workings is a missile tracking station

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

But of course...

 

[WDWFigment]

this isn;'t really news.... ever looked at a soccer ball ? same principle

Good thing he didn't post it in News & Rumors, then...

 

[joel_maxwell]

"Pentagram" isn't a dirty word or anything. It's just a five-pointed star:

a five-pointed, star-shaped figure made by extending the sides of a regular pentagon until they meet
​

add a circle and we have a whole new meaning... it is so versatile. gotta love geometry, and devil worshipers. (not implying that the crue is anymore or was)



to the OP: neat stuff. i bet if you stared at it long enough, you could see a lot of stuff, much like one of those posters. :lol:

 

[EPCOT.nut]

add a circle and we have a whole new meaning... it is so versatile. gotta love geometry, and devil worshipers. (not implying that the crue is anymore or was)

That's it - forget Tomorrow's Child - I'm singing Shout at the Devil during the descent of SSE from now on.

:lol: