Asia's first Space Park In Pune

By Staff

Thursday, January 29, 2009, 10:58

By the year 2010, Pune will look forward to 'Space World'. This is an entertainment center and stat-of-the-art space-theme park, first of its kind in Asia.

The Space World is a high-tech center for space education, worth Rs.400 crore. The park is developed by the Lavasa Corporation in collaboration with Dubai-based Space Investment Company (SIC).

The entertainment center will will offer courses regarding new technologies and space browsing and pro grammes, which will help to create understanding of aerospace science. Other than that it will also have an entertainment area that will hole live communications with on with International Space Station, lectures by astronauts and simulations of various missions.

Ajit Gulabchand, chairman of Lavasa Corporation said that this is the first hill station in post-independence India, which is being built by infrastructure major Hindustan Construction Company. "We will invest 19 percent of the cost for the centre, while the SIC will spend the rest", Gulabchand added.

SIC also partners and licenses the United State space and rocket centre, it also operates the SpaceWorld Arabia in the UAE. AGENCIES