spaceship earth is the name given to the diameter geodesic sphere that greets visitors at the entrance of walt disney world's epcot theme park. housed within the sphere is a dark ride that serves to explore the history of communications and promote epcot's founding principles, "[a] belief and pride in man's ability to shape a world that offers hope to people everywhere." a previous incarnation of the ride, narrated by actor jeremy irons and revised in 2008, was explicit in its message: