Cosmosphere Visitors to Watch Restorations

Associated Press - Mon 08:36 AM 03/04/2013

The Cosmosphere is building a glassed-in, air-conditioned viewing area to allow visitors to watch the museum's SpaceWorks division.

The Cosmosphere is building a glassed-in, air-conditioned viewing area to allow visitors to watch the museum's SpaceWorks division.

Visitors to the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson will soon have a chance to watch how the museum restores space artifacts and replicates space equipment.

The Cosmosphere is building a glassed-in, air-conditioned viewing area to allow visitors to watch the museum's SpaceWorks division.

In the past, Spaceworks employees have restored a Titan rocket, a World War II era German rocket and built replicas of space equipment for movies and other museums. But that work was done in private.

The Hutchinson News reports (http://bit.ly/XRpNH5 ) the viewing area will cost about $50,000 and is expected to be completed by March 21.

Cosmosphere CEO Dick Hollowell says SpaceWorks isn't currently working on a major project but it has bids out on $4 million in projects.

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Associated Press information from: The Hutchinson News

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