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Zero Gravity Flights for the Rest of Us
waynegoode writes "Zero G Corporation, whose motto is "Question Gravity", is now offering zero gravity flights to the general public. For $3000 you get training and a 90 minute ride with 15 periods of 25 seconds of low or zero-gravity: 3 1/3 Mars gravity, 3 1/6 Lunar gravity, and 9 zero gravity. Peter Diamandis, the man behind the Ansari X Prize, worked 11 years to get FAA approval. Previously, such flights were available only to astronauts, researchers, and Tom Hanks; although recently flights for the public began Russia for about twice the price. Story also here."
Xeni Jardin of BoingBoing is going to be on one of the flights, you can read more here
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Assume we'll get an update after her ride, which then saves me $3000 - until I decide I have to experience it myself...
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Great! Now I can pay $3000 to throw up and shit myself while feeling disoriented, light-headed, and dizzy.
I can do that for $5 by going to the liquor store and buying a liter of anything in a cheap plastic bottle.
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I'm pretty sure this has already been done. It was called the Uranus Project or something.
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This is correct. "Zero G" is an acceptable substitute for "Zero G-Forces". However, "Zero Gravity" still has a different meaning, and is NOT an acceptable substitute for "free-fall", "microgravity", or "weightlessness".
As usual, Wikipedia has a bit more info.
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