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SpaceTime Park is now permanently closed, but you can still take a virtual tour here. SpaceTime Park was the brainchild of Ron Toms, concieved with the help of middle-school teachers as a field trip destination and weekend sight-seeing venue. It was designed to be an immersive experience for the kids. A place where they could learn real science about the planets, space travel, environmental issues and more. After a year and a half of research, planning and construciton, we opened the park for our first school field trips and weekend tourists. Our main attraction was an exact 250 million-to-one scale model of the inner solar system, one kilometer long from the Sun to Mars. At that scale the speed of light is 2.678 miles per hour--walking speed for a child. Read the reviews: [Facebook] [Yelp] [TripAdvisor] ---- Scroll down for a sampling of the park's content ----

Click to Listen The Sun is just one ordinary star among billions and billions of stars in the Galaxy. But there is something very special about the Sun; it is ours, and we are utterly dependent on it. The Sun provides all the light and heat necessary for life to exist on Earth. Because of that, and because our modern electronics technology is sensitive to its activities, we need to study and learn more about our local star. The Sun is powerful, and if we can learn enough about that power, maybe we can harness it to solve our energy needs here on Earth. The Sun emits more energy every second than humanity has ever used in the history of the world. All the energy we could ever want is out there. All we have to do is find a way to get it This model of the Sun is a geodesic sphere eighteen and a half feet wide (six meters). That's about the size of a two-car garage. At this scale, the Earth is 602 meters (1,979 feet) away. But between Earth and the Sun are space probes, the planet Venus, the planet Mercury and a place called Vulcan...

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At a scale of 250,000,000-to-one, Mercury is only 0.75 inches (1.95 cm) in diameter and sits 760 feet (232 meters) from the Sun.

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The view of the sun from Mercury

Each pavilion had a gravity comparison. Counterweights in the back of the display adjusted the apparent weight of the barbels.

Before we visit Venus, you should know that the coldest part of Venus is hotter than the hottest part of Mercury, even though Mercury is a lot closer to the Sun. But why? Take a look at these two identical jugs. The one on the left is full of ordinary air. The one on the right is full of mostly carbon dioxide. In our hot afternoon Texas sun, the air jug is 119 degrees, while the CO2 jug is 122 degrees -- proof that CO2 traps more heat. The atmosphere of Venus is almost all carbon dioxide and it's about a hundred times thicker than our atmosphere. All that CO2 traps more heat and keeps the planet Venus at a toasty 800+ degrees Fahrenheit (450+ Celcius).

At a scale of 250,000,000-to-one, Venus is only 1.9 inches (4.5 cm) in diameter and sits 1420 feet (433 meters) from the Sun.

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The view of the sun from Venus

Close-up of the globe All our planet models were 3D printed from actual data Sourced from NASA

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At a scale of 250,000,000-to-one, Earth is only 2 inches (5 cm) in diameter and sits 1,979 feet (602 meters) from the Sun.	Click to Listen	The Moon is 0.5 inches in diameter and sits five feet away from the Earth.
The view of the sun from Earth	Our popular eclipse activity: An alignment of the 0.5 inch moon and the 222 inch sun, separated by 1,980 feet.	(Right-click and "view image")

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At a scale of 250,000,000-to-one, Mars is only 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter and sits 3300 feet (1 km) from the Sun.

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We served a lot of field trips.

We even had vistors from France!

That's a lot of exploring. It's time for a break at our off-grid solar powered cold drinks and ice cream pavilion.

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Of Course we had Dinosarus! Our dino trail was a quarter of a mile long with a recorded presentation and photo op at each display. On display we had full size and near-full sized examples of: Stegosaurus, Hypsilophodon, Triceratops, Parasaurolophus, Giant Insects, Amphibians, Pteranodon, Deinonychus, Reptiles, Ankylosaur, Velociraptor, Pterodactyl, Tyranosaurus Rex, Apatosaurus, And More! -- Get the Book -- Available at: Amazon.com BarnesAndNoble.com Search ISBN: 9780977649778

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Don't forget to visit the gift shop!

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