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IN LANCASTER, THIS IS WHAT
THE PLANTARRYIUM AND THE NORTH
MUSEUM LOOKS LIKE NOW.
IT WILL BE RANKED IN THE BEST OF
THE WORLD WHEN IT COMES TO DOME
PROJECTION.
KATELYN SMITH VISITED THE
COMPANY THAT'S BUILDING THE NEW
DIGITAL SYSTEM.
SORT OF LIKE AN ERECTOR SET.
ALUMINUM PRECISELY CUT AND
SHAPED WITH PANELS FITTED TO
FORM A 41NANO SEEMED DOME.
IT'S PERFECTLY SMOOTH AND A
PERFECT PROJECTION.
MAKING THE NEWDOME FOR THE
EXISTING PLANETARIUM IN THE
NORTH MUSEUM.
THIS DIGITAL SYSTEM IS GOING
TO BLOW THAT OUT IN THE WATER.
THEY ARE LEARNING THE INS AND
OUTS.
THERE YOU GO.
WHAT THIS THING IS CAPABLE
OF.
EVERY BUMP ON THE EARTH IS
PROPER DOWN TO A FEW MILL MILLIMETER.
WE CAN DO IT IN THAT MOMENT'S
NOTICE.
COSMIC MIKE WILL NOT BE STUCK
BEHIND A COMPUTER.
THERE'S A LASER CONTROLLER THAT
ALLOWS HIM TO MOVE THE WORLD.
CAN EVEN HAND IT OFF.
WE CAN TAKE THE POINTER AND
PUT IT IN HANDS OF A STUDENT OF
ANYONE IN THE PLANETARIUM, THEY
CAN CONTROL THE UNIT UNIVERSE
WITH THIS THING.
IT WILL BE SHIPPED IN PIECES
TO LANCASTER AND ASSEMBLED THERE
AND COULD OPEN AS EARLY AS THE
END OF THE YEAR.
ONE OF THE NEW INVESTMENTS OF
THE WORLD WHEN IT'S INSTALLED.
KATELYN SMITH, NEWS 8.
THE NEW PLANETARIUM COSTS
MORE THAN ONE AND A HALF MILLION
DOLLARS.
THE NORTH MUSEUM IS GETTING MORE
IMPROVEMENT THAT WILL DOUBLE THE
PRICE TAG.