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- The attraction was the result of work from Disney, Ray Bradbury, Smithsonian Institution, Los Angeles area's Huntington Library and the University of Chicago.
- CONSTRUCTION TIME: 2 years, 2 months - 40,800 labor hours
- WEIGHT: 16 million pounds
- HEIGHT: 180 feet (54.864 meters) above ground level
- DIAMETER: 165 feet
- CIRCUMFERENCE: 518.1 feet
- CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL: Alucobond, a thermal polyethylene core bonded to aluminum
- SUPPORT STRUCTURE: 3 pairs of steel legs 15 feet off ground, each sunk 100 feet into the ground
- TOTAL PAVILION AREA: 109,375 Sq. Ft.
- VOLUME: 2,200,000 cubic feet
- EXTERIOR SURFACE AREA: 150,000 square feet
- 5-POINT STAR CONFIGURATIONS: 12
- INDIVIDUAL TRIANGLES: 11,324
- INNER SPHERE: 1450 steel triangular panels
- PLANETARIUM: 150 feet in diameter
- HIGHEST POINT OF RIDE: 163 feet above ground level
- ANGLE OF DESCENT: 20-39 degrees
Spaceship Earth Wand Icon by the Numbers
- 257 feet: Height to the sparkles above the tip of Sorcerer Mickey’s wand
- 250 tons: Weight of steel frame supporting the icon
- 100,000 pounds: Weight of Mickey’s gloved hand, the wand and the “Epcot” lettering
- 250,000: Number of shimmering metallic eye-catchers used to spell “Epcot”
- 36 feet: Height of the tallest letters in “Epcot”
- 5 months: Duration of the construction changeover from “2000” to “Epcot”