Picasso, thanks ! This could be a real possibility to put some of this on the road. Current plans call for the 4 foot diameter ball to be reassembled on the core then mounted in the yoke and bolted to the rotating base atop the square pedestal. This will permit movement on 3 axis like a gimbal as per the original design. The assembled height will be an imposing 14 feet tall which will max out the range of my gantry crane. We experimented with an alternative light source within the star chamber and the effect was astonishingly bright. The original xenon arc lamps and PSU's are currently at Ron's being rebuilt but that doesn't mean that this is the ONLY way to light it ! The Starscape is a marvel of engineering by Spitz Space Labs, the prototype was developed during the Apollo space program and used to train NASA astronauts in spacecraft pitch and yaw. The 4 foot sphere projects over 10,000 stars and deep space objects such as galaxies and nebula. The challenge has been, to increase the light output to a tremendous degree, and I believe we now have a way to do that although it is just in the theory stage. We did a few experiments, and the results yielded a eureka moment. It was an honor and a priviledge to spend this time with Swami Dog and Karl, both bring amazing talents both technically and artistically in this remarkable media. The real magic will happen when we bring all these pieces of gear into complete harmony. A fourth star projector will be added here in April, it is the same size as the blue Minolta and is a classic optical star-plate machine that was once installed in the National Museum of Natural History. All will be on casters so the 30,000+ star images can be evenly dispersed over a large palette. Adding the Lumia effects, AVI Omniscan full-dome shows and other scanning effects should put it "over the top" and beyond. If Swami and Karl weren't around, this dream may have always been simply a pipe dream.