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The initial space pavilion was themed to be an orbiting space station, and would have begun with guests taking off from a launch pad and heading into space <ref name= "Martin"> http://www.martinsvids.net/?p=283 </ref>. From here, guests could have explored a variety of interactive exhibits, including the pavilion’s main attraction- which would have allowed them to travel through space in a motion simulator theater <ref name= "Hill"/> <ref name= "Martin"/>. Looking out through walls of windows, guests would have been able to see out into space, even getting a stunning view of the planet Earth. During the development of the pavilion, Imagineers consulted with famed art director John DeCuir Jr., as well as science fiction author Ray Bradbury <ref name= "Hill"/> who helped create the attraction's storyline. Although fairly well developed, plans for the space pavilion were pushed back to EPCOT Center’s “phase II” due to budget constrictions and a lack of sponsor <ref name= "Martin"/>. When another phase II pavilion [[The Living Seas]] opened in 1986, it was built on the plot of land originally designated for the space pavilion. Following the addition of Seas pavilion, the theoretical space pavilion was relocated to a new space plot in between [[The Land]] and The Living Seas <ref name= "Martin"/>.