Posted by tourdemars to Entertainment at August 15, 2003 12:00 PM

The excitement, thrill and rush of rocketing into outer space has come to Walt Disney World's Epcot with the opening today of Mission: SPACE to the public. Visitors who "accept the mission" will engage in an experience that launches them into a simulated space adventure -- from liftoff to the sensations of traveling though outer space on a mission to Mars.