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On my bucket list: - tour the Chernobyl area - tour the Buran facility - sit ringside to a rocket launch in Kazakhstan Who's in??
by canada_dry 9y ago
On my bucket list:
- tour the Chernobyl area
- tour the Buran facility
- sit ringside to a rocket launch in Kazakhstan
Who's in??
- TeMPOraL 9y agoIf only you posted it a few weeks ago... I just came back from touring the Chernobyl area. 10/10 recommended, would go again. The remaining two of your points are on my bucket list too.
- joshvm 9y agoIf you visit the European Astronaut Corps (ESAC) in Bonn/Cologne you can see a lot of cool stuff - they have 1:1 mockups of the ISS (various modules) including stickers, a neutral buoyancy lab and a Soyuz trainer. It's tricky to get in randomly unless you have friends there (not for any security reason, it's just not a public place), but I think they do tours every now and again. Although why Kazakhstan? You can visit Cape Canaveral (which launches fairly often) or French Guyana. You wouldn't want to be ringside, even if you could get there. There's a good chance you'd be deafened. Rocket launches sound like a fighter jet flyby even when you're in the public viewing areas.
- lmm 9y agoDon't forget Tanegashima, which prides itself on being the most beautiful space launch site.