TAMPA, Fla. -- Do you have what it takes to become a potential final frontier pioneer?

The Museum of Science and Industry wants you to "Be the Astronaut."

It's their latest traveling exhibit, open through Labor Day weekend, and it's all about learning through fun.

And maybe crashing a Mars Rover or two. Or three.

The exhibit is host to multiple command pods for would-be astronauts to travel the galaxy.

And when you are rovering around on Mars, you are traversing the real planet.

"So as you're going through it, the topography, the land and some of the things that you are seeing are actually from NASA data," said Rob Lamke, chief operating officer.

You can command flights to the red planet, Jupiter or the moon, learn about living on future space stations and even check out former astronaut fashions — very utilitarian.

"If (kids) are not having fun, they are not learning, and so we want the two to go hand in hand." - Rob Lamke, chief operating officer

Now if all this sounds a little overwhelming, you can start at the very beginning at a navigation station, plotting a course off our planet using trajectory.

The earth is spinning and so is the moon as it rotates around the earth.

It's essentially sling-shotting yourself from one moving object into another moving object's orbit.

It's perfectly suited for little fingers to launch a rocket and see if they can hit the ever-moving moon.

Another plus — don't worry if your rockets get lost in space. You've got lots of rockets to launch and lots of rovers to wreck. That keeps it fun for the little ones.

"Because if they are not having fun, they are not learning, and so we want the two to go hand in hand," said Lamke.

The exhibition is offered with an extra $8 charge in addition to their admission.

They expect about 75,000 people to try their skills at astronauting. And who knows how many future space explorers!