Rocket Builder
$10,000
( $5,000 Small Facility )
*Volume pricing also applies
Touchscreen
Rocket Controls
Single User
Build a rocket by choosing from various engines, fuel tanks, and payloads. Then launch the rocket into space to complete selected missions!
User Experience
Rocket Builder has three available mission modes: Reach Space, Obtain Orbit, and Mars Transfer. Each mode is progressively harder and introduces more real world mechanics for visitors to learn.
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Reach Space: A simple altitude test. Once visitors master building a rocket, they can test its launch capabilities to see if the rocket can reach the mission altitude.
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Obtain Orbit: Having mastered flight, visitors are taught that rockets need to orbit Earth to stay in space.
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Mars Transfer: Once orbits are mastered, learn what it takes to make a transfer burn to leave Earths’ gravitational influence and head towards Mars.
User Interaction
Visitors build rockets utilizing intuitive touch screen controls. They transition to a throttle and joystick to launch the rocket.
Touch Screen
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Mission Select: Choose from a list of increasingly difficult missions.
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Touch and Drag: Utilize the touch screen to build a custom rocket.
Throttle and Joystick
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Throttle: Controls the amount of rocket thrust.
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Joystick: Used to fight air resistance and control the rocket into space.
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Buttons: Separate the rocket stages as the rocket ascends.
Educational Points
Learn about gravity, wind resistance and orbital dynamics.
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Gravity: As visitors build a rocket and add components, the total rocket weight increases. Learn how difficult it is to get heavy payloads into space.
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Wind Resistance: Earth's atmosphere is thick and provides ample drag on rockets. Learn about maximum dynamic pressure and how it affects rockets.
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Orbital Dynamics: Rockets not only need to go up, they also need to orbit around Earth.
Hold Time Data
Visitors played on average up to 6 mins per day in a 4 week time span.
( The Average Maximum of each day was 1.27 hours )
Hardware provided
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Keylok license dongle
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Arduino-based control interface wired to arcade quality buttons. We provide an industrial grade throttle. Due to the cost, an industrial grade joystick can be purchased for $400.
Recommended hardware
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Touch Screen
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Display: Made to work on 4k or 2k displays. (Ensure Windows display scaling is set to 100%)
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Audio: Speakers should be plugged directly into the computer. Using TV speakers may not work if the computer is on before the TV has been turned on.
Required Computer specs
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Quad Core CPU (or better).
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Power Supply: 600 Watt (or better).
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Graphics Card: Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti (or better).
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RAM: 16 GB (or greater).
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SSD: 120+ GB.
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OS: Windows 10 or Windows 11.