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[Guest_Richard Trigaux_*]

PhilCo126 > There is sort of space center, but it's a didactic and pédagogic place, who name "La Cité de l'Espace". I've don't yet visit this center but I know that there are a real scale model of Ariane 5, a model of a Soyouz spacecraft, a part of Mir Station and many things about space exploration and science who concern astronomy.

In Toulouse there are two interesting things:

-The CNES (or CST) (no open to public) where there are many research facilities. Here is done the ungratifying work of testing hardware, to qualify it for space. I worked here for one year to test electronic components. But there are many interesting things, such as a martian ground simulation (maybe it is scraped today) an Hermes model (idem) and high level scientists from the "X" school (polytechnique, the most prestigious science/engineering school in France) who asked to have their building in the shape of a "X". There was also the GEPAN, the french official UFO research organism, now reduced to just one scientist without official role.

-The "cite de l'espace" (city of space) a museum built around a strange looking building initialy intended for the "Inar foundation" (a "modern" artist) which displays an incredible number of things, small or large, including a Ariane rocket model on scale, the engineer model of the MIR station (identical to the flight model) that they bough to the Russians, a planetarium, many other models of satellites, a Moon gravity simulator that you can go in, and many other interactive anims and infos. A bit expensive if you go with all the family, but worth the price anyway. Plan a day visit or at least a whole afternoon. (restaurant and other facilities on the place)

[Ant103]

Ow! I forbade one thing : in Toulouse there is the place were are build our famous A380, the biggest civil plane of the world!
No? Yes?

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