While the inside of the rocket was interactive when installed at Burning Man, unfortunately at its current location ADA restrictions, as well as a containment breach of parasitic spider lancers that started breeding like crazy (according to an insider) have rendered the interior of the rocket currently off limits. Its presence inspiring the imaginations of all who see it, it stands tall as a symbol of what could have been, but never was. Located near Pier 14 on the Embarcadero it sits right on the waterfront next to. The Raygun Gothic Rocketship is neat, but behind it, you have the Bay Bridge, which now has LED lights (super cool), and the city skyline at another angle.
Originally created as a 2009 art installation for the Burning Man Festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, the large-scale immersion based piece currently resides on Pier 14, illuminated and dreamy at night and flashing with retro ingenuity during the day. The Raygun Gothic Rocketship is one really cool sculpture in San Francisco. This spectacular sci-fi sculpture is the creation of Bay Area artists Sean Orlando, Nathaniel Taylor, David Shulman and the dedicated crew of the Five Ton Crane Arts Group, who helped to bring their fantastic vision to fruition – a larger than life 1930's-1940's pulp fiction space ship, gleaming silver legs forever prepped for lift off, three interior chambers fitted with all of the whimsical knobs and dials that you dreamed of as a kid. Presently the Rocketship is permanently installed next to the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, at the Lowry Air Force Base in Colorado.A 40-ft-tall rocket ship glimmers in the sunlight on the rare occasion that the San Francisco fog allows it, and against the backdrop of the waterfront and the majestic Bay Bridge, this retro-futuristic icon is the jewel of Pier 14. It remained standing in San Francisco for 14 months. Later in 2010 the Rocket was moved and installed as a temporary art exhibit at Pier 14 in San Francisco. In 2010 it was moved and featured at a Yuri's Night celebration at NASA Ames Research Center, as well as a second appearance at the Bay Area Maker Faire.
The Rocket was originally created as an art installation for the 2009 Burning Man Festival in Black Rock Desert, Nevada. A San Francisco newspaper said it "offers a retro-futuristic, highly-stylized vision of space travel". The creators described the art as "a future-rustic vision of yesterday’s tomorrow". It was created by Bay Area artists Nathaniel Taylor. Creating the rocket required the work of 85 artists, engineers, fabricators, scientists and computer engineers. The Raygun Gothic Rocketship is a retro-futurist art sculpture in the shape of a giant rocketship. The interior includes artistic details such as captured "alien specimens" and a zero gravity bed. The interior is divided into the Engine Room & Life-Sciences Bio Lab, Crew Quarters & Navigation, and the upper Flight Deck and pilot chair.
The ship was built with 3 walkable decks. The exhibit stands 40 feet tall and weighs 13,000 pounds. It was created by Bay Area artists Nathaniel Taylor, Sean Orlando, and David Shulman. The Raygun Gothic Rocketship is a retro-futurist art sculpture in the shape of a giant rocketship. The Raygun Gothic Rocketship sculpture at Burning Man, 2009
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