Space Expo Noordwijk
ESA TV Exchanges
Opened in 1989, Space Expo Noordwijk is Europes first permanent space exhibition. Space Expo is also the visitors centre for ESA's ESTEC Establishment in the Netherlands, the largest ESA centre. Today's Exchange provides a glimpse at the Space Expo experience: See what it was like for the first men on the Moon. Experience the simulated launch of an Ariane rocket live. Discover the world of satellites with the test models of European space missions. Find out all about astronauts and see how they live and work in space.
The script is online as a PDF file under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS53193.pdf
A WMV preview clip is online under http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mphi/space_expo_30-10-06_wmphigh.wmv

SPACE EXPO - Noordwijk
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10.00.30 Title: Space Expo
10.00.40 What is the Universe? What do satellites do for us? Who has never wondered how life would be without gravity? The answer to all these questions lies in the Netherlands... close to ESTEC in Noordwijk. Space Expo, the visitor centre of the European Space Agency, ESA, is Europeís first permanent space exhibition.
10.01.03 Since it opened in 1990 more than 1 million visitors - from school children to businessmen, celebrities and members of the royalty - have experienced the magic of space exploration... from the comfort of the Earth. 10.01.17 Dressed as real astronauts, the youngest visitors are ready to start a memorable journey! As Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did back in 1969, they set foot on the moon... next to a full-scale model of the Eagle.
10.01.32 Because of its weaker gravitational force, they discover with surprise that on the moon we are 6 times lighter than on Earth. Take i