- Tour of the Universe
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status = dismantled 1990|Tour of the Universe was a space shuttle simulation ride located in the basement level of the
CN Tower .Construction began in
1984 and the ride began operations in1986 and was the idea ofMoses Znaimer . It was built bySimEx ofToronto and was the largest scale simulation ride at the time. The ride was suspose to occur in the year2019 and carried 40 passengers of the shuttle cleared through a custom area. The spacecraft was supposed to operated byCP Air . The shuttle depicted was similar to the US space shuttle, but instead of a cargo bay the ship had a passenger compartment. The launch pad was located at the base of the tower and arrived at a space station. The concept lasted until1990 and later dismantled. It was later replaced by two otherSimEx rides in1998 and1999 .ee also
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CN Tower
* Tour of the Universe is also the name of the upcoming tour byDepeche Mode , which kicks off inTel Aviv ,Israel , in 10th of May.References
* [http://www.willferguson.ca/articles/odetovirility.html Will Ferguson Articles]
* [http://www.simex.ca/html/CN%20Tower%20Release.pdf Tour of the Universe]
* [http://www.simex.ca SimEx]
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