Interspace theme park coming to Titusville

Yes, that's right! A new theme park has been planned for Titusville.

It will be called INTERSPACE, and will also include an hotel. It is slated to open in 2012, bringing many new work opportunities as well as more tourists in the area. The theme park will be themed after a spaceship that landed on Mars, and will explain all the difficulties and challenges that people would have if we were going to live there. More informations from TampaBay.com:

"A New Port Richey company hopes to create a simulated trip to Mars that everyone will know is fake but will appear as realistic as possible.

"This is not Disney World or Universal Studios," said Mark Homnick, 52, one of the managers of NewSpace Center LLC.

The company has submitted site plans for a 75-acre lot in Titusville on Florida's Space Coast to build Interspace, a space-themed entertainment and research facility that would include the simulated Martian environment. The men estimated the project will cost about $30-million and said their plans began in 2005.

Tourists [will be able to] choose to buy one day "explorer" passes for $100 or so that would get them a "trip" to Mars and a peek at the surface environment from an indoor building. Those willing to spend somewhere in the neighborhood of $3,500 could stay for a few days as "settlers" and play roles on Mars such as miner, greenhouse gardener or artist. Settlers would have to wear simulated space suits while on the surface. After registration, guests would be taken to a training center to prepare for a simulated space flight.

The number of guests would be limited, like at Orlando's Discovery Cove. Both men use the words "high fidelity" a lot when describing the attraction.

"This is not going to be about moving more bodies through turnstiles," Palaia said. "It's much more immersive and interactive."

But only to a point. Guests would be allowed to go back to their cars or phone home and check on the kids. Food, such as steaks, not likely to be served on the real Mars, would probably be available on Mars Lite.

"We're not putting them in a prison cell," Palaia said with a chuckle.

NewSpace Center LLC could break ground as early as September and open in August 2012, the men said. The Titusville City Council recently voted to waive $2,100 of costs associated with the project.

The city and county have already approved tax breaks for the project and TICO airport has agreed not to charge a leasing fee for the 75-acre site until construction officially begins, according to Florida Today.

Site plans call for multiple hotels, themed restaurants and a university branch campus.

Homnick and Palaia hope the park would be a first step toward actually sending manned flights to Mars someday by generating revenue toward that end."

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