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Topic: European Space Sites and Exhibits
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RGW
Member Posts: 40
From: Long Island, New York, USA
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 02-11-2006 01:16 PM
   
Are there any space-related sites or exhibits to visit in Amsterdam, Koln (Cologne) and Paris? The travel books I’ve been reading do not mention any and the pages of ESA’s website don’t mention tours at the European Astronaut Centre in Koln. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks! RGW |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 02-11-2006 01:36 PM
Paris has a great Air & Space museum !
More info at:
http://www.mae.org/main.htm Philip
BELGIUM |
Kirsten
Member Posts: 536
From: Delft, Netherlands
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 02-11-2006 04:12 PM
In Noordwijk in the Netherlands, less than an hour by car from Amsterdam, there is the ESA center ESTEC (European Space Technology Center). Next to it, it has Noordwijk Space Expo, ESA's visitor center with a permanent space exhibition which is open to the general public. They provide guided bus tours to ESTEC. Definitely worth a visit !
www.space-expo.nl EAC in Cologne has an open day once every two or three years. All the best, Kirsten |
eurospace
Member Posts: 2610
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 02-11-2006 11:09 PM
The European Astronaut Centre (EAC) is on the compound of the German Aerospace Research Centre DLR in the Cologne surburb of Porz-Wahn (near the airport). To my knowledge, there are no guided tours. If you are a journalist, they'd probably do one for you. Otherwise, DLR holds an Open Door event in September of each year, in one of their centers, and Cologne is showcased usually every two or three years.If you're looking for interesting space views in Germany, I would suggest two:
- the equivalent to the Smithsonian's for natural sciences and technology in Germany is the Deutsches Museum at Munich. They have quite interesting hardware too.
- Wernher von Braun's team worked at the Army Experimental Test Institution at Peenemünde on Usedom peninsula. Quite remote, a four hour drive from Berlin, on the Baltic Sea, but really the cradle of rocketry. They have a nice museum there. If you're already touring further west, ESTEC Noordwijk is for ESA what Langley, Glenn, JPL combined are for NASA. Also, on your way to Paris, the site of "La Coupole" near Saint-Omer in Northern France hosts a huge concrete dome initially conceived to launch A-4's from a fixed location. Never became functional, but is a huge impressive building with an excellent exhibition and animation inside. Eperlecques nearby is another site connected to the history of early rocketry, even though a bit less show-casey than La Coupole.
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Jürgen P Esders
Berlin, Germany
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astroaddies |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 02-12-2006 09:53 AM
I'll second that, La Coupole is a nice site to visit as are ESTEC and the Paris museum!
http://www.lacoupole.com/en/default.asp
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RGW
Member Posts: 40
From: Long Island, New York, USA
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 02-13-2006 05:31 AM
Philip, Kirsten and Jurgen,Thanks for your thoughtful replies and for the links to the websites. I visited the websites (after digging out from our blizzard). You've introduced me to fascinating locations that are not in traditional American travel guidebooks. We will be traveling between the cities by rail and it will be our first time to Europe as a family, so we are limited in what we will be able to see. I'll bring your suggestions with us - we'll see if we can include any of them with the traditional noteworthy destinations in your countries! Best wishes,
RGW | |
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