Geek
I woke up a bit stiff - ewe, I’ve just realised how that reads…. I woke up with tight muscles quite late…. that’s better…. I promised Mum I’d spend a day with her as well as she doesn’t get to see me as much now I’m in Manchester, and it gives my Dad a day off. I’d told her I quite fancied going to the National Space Centre as I’d never been before, but I am still the same geeky science nerd with an abnormal fascination with stars and space, so she was quite happy to come along too and laugh at me mockingly.
I drove off down the A46 and was quickly disappointed. The place never even got close to living up to my expectation L. There was literally nothing on space travel history, which I know little about, and I quickly realised a fact, we have a National Space Centre for a country which has almost no history in Space Exploration! In fact, there was hardly any substance to the place for me at all >.< About the only thing I got a little bit excited about was some moon rock and meteorites! Told you I was a geek.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a bad day at all, but I was just like an overly keen kid again for this place and got quickly brought back down to Earth (no pun intended). It’s fine if you know little about planets and stars in terms of their scientific background, but that’s not what I wanted, not even close.
We went back home late afternoon and I hung around with the folks for about an hour before making the journey back to
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There isn't a lot of content in all fairness and only infact only contains one space suit from Helen Sharman (the first woman in space, and she was British), a rocket that never made it into space, fragments of failed manufactured satelites, and a small chunk of moon rock. It does, however, hold a huge amount of information which is great for school excursions or those who desire an introduction to the Astronomical World, but for everyone else, it is a bit too basic. There isn't much detail in any of the scientific information and it is designed more for children than adults.
You can pay an extra 3 pounds to sit in the iMax and watch a short film on space history with commentary from Ewan McGregor, but after doing this, I came out without any further knowledge. In fact, if you read the information on hand at the centre, there would be little point in watching the film at all, other than having a sit down.
After saying all that, it would be a good (not great) place for families or groups of children as there is a good amount of general information and an interactive learning zone to make it a bit more fun.
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