Eighty-two years after NASA's Glenn Research Center opened at the heel of the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, a new aerospace facility is set to break ground in Northeast Ohio. But not just any research center: the largest commercial astronaut training center in the world.
A rendering of what Blue Abyss' astronaut training facility in Brook Park may look like when built in 2026.
One with a human centrifuge for high-G research; a parabolic flight simulator for microgravity experiences; and a pool for freedivers and astronauts to simulate space or test autonomous underwater vehicles—a cavernous pool with enough water to fill 17 Olympic-sized ones, with a cylindrical"shaft" 150 feet deep to aid deep sea simulation.
But such risk, minding rising construction costs and high interest rates, comes with potential that could be parsed down to one word: limitless. Other than spending this year locking down the $250 million or so needed to finish Blue Abyss' campus, Drew said the company is seeking or"in talks with" your usual suspects in our age of private ventures into space exploration. With Virgin Galactic, with Axiom Space, with Sierra.
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