Nge-Cologne Tourist Board, amaqembu ezivakashi manje angabhukha uhambo olukhethekile lwe-European Astronaut Center (EAC) emagcekeni e-German Aerospace Center (DLR) e-Cologne-Wahnheide. Ukuvakasha kuhlelwe yi-Space Time Concepts GmbH. Isevisi ingabhukwa ngesiNgisi noma ngesiJalimane futhi ihlanganisa isethulo kanye nohambo oluqondisiwe lwesikhungo sokuqeqesha. Ngemva kokuvakasha, izivakashi zingabuza imibuzo mayelana nomsebenzi we-EAC, ukuqeqeshwa kosomkhathi kanye nokuhamba emkhathini ngokuvamile. Ukuvakasha kuhlinzekwa ngamaqembu avaliwe abahlanganyeli abangafika kwabangu-25. Amaqembu amakhulu angavakashela indawo uma ecelwa. I-Cologne Tourist Board inguzakwethu okhethekile wokumaketha nokuthengisa kulo mnikelo futhi ngaleyo ndlela inhlangano amaqembu anentshisekelo okufanele axhumane nayo.
“Siyaziqhenya ngalobu budlelwano obusha,” kusho u-Josef Sommer, Isikhulu Esiphezulu Sebhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Cologne. “Uphiko lwengqungquthela yenkampani yethu seluneminyaka eminingi lunobudlelwano obusondelene ne-EAC. Ngakho-ke siyajabula ukuthi le nsizakalo emisha isenza sikwazi ukuhlinzeka ngolwazi olukhethekile kangaka emaqenjini avaliwe angahlobene namabhizinisi esiwanikeza nohambo olusha oluqondisiwe lwedolobha esilungeze ohlelweni lwethu lwango-2017.”
“Ngiyathanda ukutshela izivakashi mayelana nokuhamba emkhathini nomsebenzi owenziwe e-EAC. Konke kwaqala ngombono wokwenza le ndawo engajwayelekile itholakalele izingqungquthela nemicimbi,” kusho uLaura Winterling, oyi-CEO ye-Space Time Concepts GmbH. "Lokhu kubambisana okwandisiwe manje kusenza sikwazi ukunikeza imininingwane ethokozisayo esikhungweni kubabukeli abaningi."
Ukunikezwa kuqinisa i-Cologne njengesikhungo sesayensi
Ukuvakasha okusha kugcizelela ukubaluleka kwe-Cologne njengesikhungo sesayensi. I-German Aerospace Centre (DLR) kanye ne-EAC bahlinzeka i-Cologne ngobuchule obukhulu emkhakheni we-aerospace. Enye yezinto ezibalulekile zemisebenzi yokumaketha yendawo emkhakheni we-MICE ukugcizelela lawa mandla. Ngokwenza kanjalo, i-Cologne Convention Bureau (CCB) ixhumanisa imisebenzi yayo nesu lemikhakha ebalulekile yemboni ye-German Convention Bureau (GCB). Esikhathini esedlule, i-Cologne yayiphakathi nendawo yomkhakha we-aerospace wamazwe ngamazwe ngesikhathi se-26th Planetary Congress ye-Association of Space Explorers (ASE), eyayibanjwe ngo-2013. Ukubambisana phakathi kwe-CCB ne-EAC kwaqala ngemisebenzi yokumaketha eyayikhona. kwenziwa ngoba isihloko esigxile kakhulu seForamu yeSayensi yase-Cologne ngo-2013 sasithi “uhambo lwezindiza nokuhamba emkhathini”.
