Photo: Space centre’s projector to the stars prepares to semi-retire
A main attraction at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre since 1967, Harold will see its last full day of use on July 28
H.R. MacMillan Space Centre executive director Rob Appleton stands next to Harold, the star projector at the centre in Vancouver, on Monday. Harold, which has been in use since 1967, is semi-retiring, with its last full day of use being July 28. “Harold’s going to go on vacation. After 45 years of only taking one day off a year, he’s due for a vacation,” Mr. Appleton told The Globe and Mail. “So he’s going to take a vacation until November and then I’m going to sit him down and find out how much he wants to work in his semi-retirement.” The Space Centre’s new half-million-dollar projection system will launch with four new shows that Mr. Appleton promises “will really blow people’s socks off.”Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail