Eiffel Tower managers starry-eyed
Managers of the Eiffel tower have announced a scheme to put a souvenir of the Parisian landmark into space in 1989 to celebrate its centenary. The Societe d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel, advised by the French space agency C.N.E.S. and with the support of the European Space Agency (E.S.A.), announced a design competition for an artistic object capturing the spirit of the Eiffel Tower which could be launched into low Earth orbit.
The aim is to make the object, which need not resemble the tower, visible from earth with the naked eye, and European countries are being invited to enter competing designs by the end of September. The project, while potentially controversial, will be hard pushed to stir passions as strongly as the original Eiffel Tower, which soars 320 metres above the Paris skyline and clashes uncompromisingly with the elegant boulevards beneath. The tower was built between 1887 and 1889 for the Paris Exhibition, and while fiercely opposed by residents at the time, has since come to symbolise France for millions of tourists.
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