In October of 2006, Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia, unveiled Spaceship Earth, a 175-ton sculpture created by renowned Finno-American sculptor, Eino. The sphere, 15 feet in diameter, was made of 88 pieces of blue Brazilian quartzite and covered with 2,400 bronze pieces. It was topped with a life-size bronze figure of environmentalist David Brower astride the great globe. According to the University's website, the sculpture emphasized the school's mission of "educating good stewards of place."

But just three months after it was erected, the sculpture suddenly crumbled. University officials concluded the glue failed. The pictures in the papers and the nightly news showed how the man, who had once walked on top of the world, was now crushed beneath its pieces. An engraved phrase—"Our fragile craft"—was still visible amid the debris.