Author Archive

Almost Scientific Showing at The Exploratorium – Nov 5th, 2009, 6-10 PM

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

When: Thursday, November 5, 2009
Time: 6:00pm – 10:00pm
Location: The Exploratorium
Street: 3601 Lyon St, San Francisco CA

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!)

The Raygun Gothic Rocketship… way ahead of it's time…

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

SEED Magazine: A Rocket for the 21st Century
“Former astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz explains how his plasma rocket engine could revolutionize space travel and why we need nuclear power in space.”

Uira Engine: Dr. Alan Rorie- RGR Engine Designer

Kite Aerial Photography (KAP) of the Raygun Gothic Rocketship by Rod Hoekstra

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Rocket with Red Dress and Parasol - edited

Click the link for the full Flickr set

BEST OF BURNING MAN ’09 from LA Weekly

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

best-of-burning-man-09.3839166.56

View the whole slideshow here: http://www.laweekly.com/slideshow/view/28436756/13

Full Coverage of the Launch

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

RGR @ Burning Man 2009

Sunday, September 13th, 2009



Burning Man 2009

Originally uploaded by Mike Woolson

Photographer:
Mike Woolson
www.jumbobrain.com

The "Launch": Sept. 4, 2009

Friday, September 11th, 2009
RGR lift-off!

Photo by Danoday

Photo by Nick Winterhalter

Photo by Nick Winterhalter

Photo by Steph Goralnick

Photo by Steph Goralnick

RGR Crew: An Engineered Work of Art

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Fire in the sky

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Ray Gun Gothic Rocket at Burning Man

Rocket Science

If there was one piece of artwork that dominated conversation this year it was “Raygun Gothic Rocketship,” a kitschy, retro-futuristic 40-foot rocket that looked like something out of a Jules Verne movie adaptation circa 1957. The excitement about the piece was centered on its scheduled “launch” set for Friday night. Debate about this “rocket launch” raged throughout BRC:

“It’s a joke. There’s no way they’re getting that thing off the ground.”

“I heard they’re only hoping to get it up four or five feet.”

“If they actually try to launch that thing, I’m sure it’ll fail miserably.”

“They’re probably just going to blow it up.”

“Well, whatever happens, I’m sure it’ll be cool.”

Read the rest of the article here: http://www.newsreview.com/reno/content?oid=1211038

Raygun Gothic Rocketship Launch — Burning Man 2009

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Link to Vimeo page: http://vimeo.com/6528197