Inbound Thinking

Over the weekend I got a chance to visit the Museum of Science and see one of their new IMAX films: Roving Mars. The film was put together by Disney and Lockheed-Martin(strange bedfellows) and chronicles the construction, launch and missions of the two recent Mars rovers: Spirit and Opportunity.

The story begins at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California where you spend some quality time in the clean-room assembling one of the rovers. When they pack up the rover for launch the movie switches to mostly computer animation, including the launch and all the mission “footage” on Mars.

Watching anything in the Mugar IMAX theater is awesome. The sound system is a monster and it really got pushed during the rocket launch scene. The film was educational and entertaining, and, like most IMAX films, lasted just under an hour. If you’re into robotics or space exploration you’ll absolutely love it, if not you’ll still probably find it mostly entertaining.