On August 20th, we received the following request for any plans or sketches of the rocketship that we would be willing to share.

I am thinking of trying to build a small wooden (six foot tall) version with
my 11 year old to teach him about construction.
Are there any plans or dimensional specs that could give us a start on
planning.  We could scale accordingly.

-Phil Battat

We were intrigued… so we sent Phil and his son the following plans:

Well… Phil and his son Andrew have been busy and it is now my turn to be impressed and inspired.

We received an email from Phil today with a photo of their little RGR inspired “project”. This father and son team studied our blueprints and re-created our 40′ tall steel and aluminum retro- futuristic  rocketship… out of wood… in only ten days!

Nice work Phil and Andrew! Cool lookin rocketship ya got there…

Thank you… I am truly humbled…

-Sean Orlando

You can see it here.

Just wait for the 15 second commercial to finish.

San Francisco, August 6, 2010 – The Black Rock Arts Foundation (BRAF) and the Port of San Francisco will celebrate the opening on August 6th at 3:00 PM at Pier 14, of an iconic, large-scale sculpture created by a team of Bay Area artists lead by Sean Orlando, Nathaniel Taylor, and David Shulman. This 40-foot-tall artwork, the Raygun Gothic Rocketship, offers a retro-futuristic, highly-stylized vision of space travel circa 1930’s-1940’s science fiction and is the latest in a series of temporary public art exhibitions sponsored by BRAF with the aim of enlivening and activating public spaces.

The Rocketship, poised as if to board passengers for a typical run to a nearby stellar destination, will remain at the Pier 14 Tidal Plaza, at the base of Mission Street, on San Francisco’s Embarcadero for a 14-month temporary exhibition. The sculpture will be accompanied by a companion piece, the Rocket Stop designed by Alan Rorie, which tells the story of the Rocketship’s exploits, providing route, schedule and other information. The installation will be illuminated for nighttime viewing.

According to Port of SF Executive Director, Monique Moyers, “We at the Port are charged with creating opportunities for residents and visitors alike to connect with San Francisco’s spectacular waterfront. As the third in a series of large-scale sculptures to be installed temporarily at Pier 14, we are confident that this compelling piece will engage people and enhance their experience of the area. Pier 14 provides a fitting and fantastic backdrop for this whimsical work of art.”

More than 70 artists and makers participated in the creation of the Raygun Gothic Rocketship under the auspices of Five Ton Crane, a collective of Bay Area artists and inventors (fivetoncrane.org). Lead artist Sean Orlando observed, “It’s remarkable what creative heights people can reach when they work together. The whole idea behind Five Ton Crane is that artists working in concert can accomplish so much more than any one person could working alone. The Raygun Gothic Rocketship project is a perfect example of that idea in action.”

Limited edition papercraft models of The Raygun Gothic Rocketship are for sale on Makers Market.

We’re not going to say exactly how we got these…

But we will say there are several Tublians on Neblous-9 who risked allot to get these to us. I hope none of them lost any gills getting them to us.

Here are Top Secret Rocket Corps documents (Dogstar clearance and higher!) that have full specifications and Materliser specs for The Raygun Gothic Rocketship.

Normally these could produce a perfect, working, Raygun Gothic Rocketship by printing on Piperiarian Dimensional Flux Sheet, assembling it with nanobots and placing it in a 7-axis Materliser.

However, because such technology is banned on Earth (don’t complain to us, send a beammail to your Universe Senator), we’ve printed them on on 100lb glossy paper.

You can use a sharp knife and some adhesive to make yourself a scale, paper model of The Raygun Gothic Rocketship.

For $12.50 you get a full papercraft model printed on 100lb. glossy paper that we mail to you.

Join the Rocket Corps today!

Created by Almost Scientific

Bar opens at 6:00 p.m.

Only $14

I’m excited to announce that the Almost Scientific team will be installing both The Neuron Chamber and The Raygun Gothic Rocketship Uira Engine for a one night show this Thursday, November 5th, at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.

Be there!

Both The Neuron Chamber and The Uira Engine will be part of a Exploratorium After Dark: Electricity. Exploratorium After Dark is an evening series exclusively for adults that mixes cocktails, conversation, and playful, innovative science and art events.

Coming to this event (and bringing along all your friends) will be a fantastic way to support Almost Scientific, The Raygun Gothic Rocket, The Exploratorium and Bay Area art/science culture all at once!

In addition to The Neuron Chamber and The Uira Engine there will also be:

* No Kids!
* A Cash Bar!
* All the cool Exploratorium exhibits.
* oh yeah … And Dr. Megavolt

(And tell them you came to see the Neuron Chamber and the Rocket Engine!)

Uira Engine: Dr. Alan Rorie- RGR Engine Designer