Austin is one of the few major cities in the US without a planetarium.

Apparently this may change.

I knew about the Austin effort, but this new Cedar Park effort could be cool. What was disappointing to read in the article was they seem to want to keep the 2 efforts distinct. I don’t know if the city can support 2 planetariums (not sure what the market is like… maybe lots of Pink Floyd laser shows to help finance it… lord knows there are enough stoners in this town), but that there didn’t sound like an effort to perhaps work together to at least ensure 1 gets built. But oh well.

Still, I’d like to see one in town. I’m no rabid star-gazer, but I remember going to planetariums as a kid on school field trips and how cool it was. It’d be cool to go to one again, and take my own kids.