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First Zero-Gravity Wedding Planned
Trenchcoatjedi writes "A couple from Brooklyn, NY are planning the first wedding in zero gravity. The wedding will take place June 20th aboard a parabolic flight operated by Zero G Corp and will be officiated by Richard Garriott of Ultima fame. The dress is designed by a Japanese haute couture designer and is specifically intended to be worn in zero gravity. Even the wedding rings will be made from meteorite."
I hope some one out there is in the industry and can hook up with Zero G Corp and bring us all Zero G tits.
I think it would seriously sell.
*DrugCheese rants*
I know I am doomed to sound sexist, but seriously, only a woman can think that spending 5 years salary on a 1 hour ceremony + the hell of putting entire clumps of both families together, while drinking, is a good idea.
"When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!" -- Cave Johnson
A zero-G wedding sounds nice at first, but the divorce will cost 100 G's.
Well, I like the drinking part.
Alcohol and a whole bunch of people in a vomit comet. That can't end badly at all...
Ordinarily I'd agree with you, but the articles say that the dude's the one who wants it. "Noah wanted to get married in space but we probably won't be able to afford it for another 25 to 50 years - so I suggested this as a compromise."
I thought it was "There's no accounting for taste."
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
I don't think it qualifies as a honeymoon, but there's this:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310288/
heh, guy disses use of "zero-g" and counters with "micro-gravity" .. it's amazing how hard the words "in free fall" are to some people.
How we know is more important than what we know.
Really what's the difference between orbit and a Vomit Comet - besides the fact that the latter is aimed so that it'll hit the ground sooner or or later, and the former isn't? From the relativistic point of view, there isn't really much - just different tracks through a curved region of spacetime. I mean, I suppose objects may be slightly more energetic in orbit and time will elapse at a slightly faster rate, but it's not that much.
Really, we only experience the feeling of gravity when we try to stop it. (Like when the ground's in the way.) Want to free yourself entirely form the influence of gravity from distant objects that affects the shape of the spacetime you're in ? Sorry, buddy, try another universe.
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"There have been skydiving weddings for a long while now. Aren't they Zero-G?"
Not really. In fact, most would say that gravity is a fairly fundamental part of the whole skydiving experience.
http://www.erinfinnegan.com/sam/?cat=20
The yellow gold one at erinfinnegan[dot]com seems to be constructed similarly to my gold-and-titanium wedding ring, which was made about 20 years ago by this guy: http://jewellerydavidcruickshank.com.au/
while drinking
While alternating between zero and two G every two minutes? Doesn't sound like a good idea to me. More like a continuous car crash than a quiet evening.
http://michaelsmith.id.au
Really what's the difference between orbit and a Vomit Comet - besides the fact that the latter is aimed so that it'll hit the ground sooner or or later, and the former isn't?
Uh, nothing. We only call it falling when you're on a collision course, that's how it works. Also I think that's a pretty fucking big difference, it's the difference between whee! and whee! SPLAT.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
...is what's funny to me. Their marriage will only be legally recognized in Sosaria.
Well, I like the drinking part.
That was the compromise.
-- If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done? - Uli's moose
You know what'd be interesting? Going back to the way it was about 400 years ago, before the church took over what was a mutual personal vow. See, until the Counter-Reformation, you didn't need a church or anything: you said "I marry you", she said "I marry you", there, done, married, you may now bed the bride. Now seriously, your word was as good as any signed contract; that, I think, is far more beautiful and moving than any pompous ceremony.
Circumcision is child abuse.