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Linda Hall ELCHE is joining the race to secure the prize plum of the Spanish Space Agen cy’s headquarters. The Local Government Board has approved a mo tion to put forward Elche’s name, city mayor Carlos Gonzalez announced on Friday October 7. The same motion also called on the Generalitat to make an official state ment backing Elche’s can didacy. This, Gonzalez ex plained, was one of the central government’s specifications included in its list of requirements for candidate cities. Confirmation of regional president Ximo Puig’s backing should not be long in coming. Responding on Thursday October 6 to the regional media, Puig de clared that the city and the surrounding area were the best possible option for Spain’s Space Agency. “They meet all the con
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REACH FOR THE STARS
SPACE STATION: Elche is hoping to be in the running for the Space Agency HQ.
ditions for selecting the centre,” Puig said. “There might be a simi lar city but it would be dif ficult to find a more fitting candidate than Elche, with an international airport, a leading space technology company like PLD and three state universities and a private university within reach.”
Meanwhile, Carlos Gon zalez said that the city was
approaching its candidacy with the utmost realism.
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