SP25.44C - Moon & Mars Gravity Simulator

The Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission DBA U.S. Space & Rocket Center seeks proposals from qualified and highly specialized vendors for the design, build, and installation of a Moon & Mars Surface Gravity Simulator.
The required simulator will provide an experience that will include a brief group overview of the activity followed by individual participation.  Each participant will be allowed to try various movements to experience the difference in what gravity might feel like on another planetary body

Requirements:

1. Operational
   1. Minimum of 3 total systems
      1. System should simulate 1/6th and 1/3rd of a person's weight
         1. Changing from 1/6th to 1/3rd should not require the participant to decouple from the system and should not require additional staff to complete.
      2. System must allow for 16 participants to go through experience in one hour
      3. System must allow for body types of children as young as 7 years old through grown adults
      4. All systems must operate in a space ~30 feet long by ~50 feet wide
         1. Attachment points on ceiling or freestanding for structure
         2. Standard 110v power available at location
      5. Participant must be self-propelled
         1. Must have a handle or equivalent for a staff member to assist if need be
         2. Must have the ability to jump, walk, move, etc.
         3. Must have 360-degree movement horizontally
            1. No backflips or front flips
   2. Harnesses
      1. Harnesses must be easily put on and taken off
      2. Harnesses must be able to be cleaned
      3. Provide a mixture of small, medium, and large harnesses or equivalent for participants
2. Safety
   1. System must be able to lower participants to the ground and out of the experience within 90 seconds of an emergency or power outage.
   2. Participants must have the ability to safely operate on their own free of pinch points, collisions, or other harm
   3. The system should be designed to keep students from rising too high and descending too fast.
3. Training
   1. Vendor must conduct staff training on the systems
   2. Technical staff must be trained in maintaining and preventative maintenance on the equipment
   3. Rescue training must be provided in case of emergency
   4. Provide training on daily inspections
4. Alternates
   1. Soft flooring material for the participants to land on
   2. Add in a 4th system