Raygun Gothic Rocket Ship

Its creators describe it as being «a rococo retro-​futurist future-​rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was, a critical kitsch somewhere between The Moons of Mongo & Manga Nouveau.» Publications like the San Francisco Chronicle categorize it as «Buck Rogers Baroque.»
I remember being surprised to see this shiny, giant rocket by the Ferry House, having seen it before at Maker Faire (and it apparently also was at Burning Man). This section of The Embarcadero waterfront tends to host all sorts of visiting art (the spider, the big rusty effigies, etc), not to mention the permanent installations (Gandhi statue, Cupid’s Span).
When the rocket’s been on display in other places, they had it so you could climb up a ladder and look in at all the sci-​fi serial fixtures and do-​hickies, but while out on Pier 14 it’s sealed up, only to be admired for the exterior.
It’s kitschy, but it also adds this optimistic 1950s ideal of the future when you see it against the late 1800s Ferry Building and the Bay Bridge. It has that ostentatious Disneyland Tomorrowland feel juxtaposed with Main Street USA.