October 29th, 2008
How to Prepare for Your Own Personal Spaceflight or Zero-G Experience
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October 29th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
I can't wait till it comes down from 200,000 to around under 50k. That's when I'll go.
October 30th, 2008 at 2:01 am
It is good that I have such a great visual and physical imagination for I will never be able to in the least dream of the cost. As a child I dreamed of being like a great bird and being able to leap and fly high over well known territories (that I may or may not have seen arial photos of) and even as an older adult I hold fast to these memories. This was not the same, but even though just childhood fantasy, it was close! Best wishes to those who go, and yes, find great memories and hold them tight!
October 30th, 2008 at 6:21 am
My fascination with "space" started at a very early age…ok…I admit it, I am a Trekkie. In the Star Trek movie "Insurrection", Picard was asked if there was ever a moment in his life where time just seemed to stand still and after thinking about it for a moment he replied "the first time I saw my home planet from space". To me, this is what this article is all about.
Here after my 43 years of life I still dream of this experience. The truth of the matter though is that I will probably never get to do anything like this in this lifetime (we'll just have to see if there's an "after-life" and if so, what that holds) so the one thing that I would like to add to this article that I feel was left out is; for those who are fortunate enough to get to do this, cherish every last second of it! For every single person who gets to experience this type of wonder, there are tens of thousands of us who will only know it in our dreams. Please…count your blessings and don't take even the smallest aspect of this experience for granted. If you do get to go into orbit, look at our little blue world and know how truly small, fragile and precious it is and then help others to understand what you have experienced.
Peace
Jim
October 30th, 2008 at 8:00 am
If 30 secs-1 minute of weightlessness will satisfy one's urge, there's a MUCH quicker, cheaper, simpler, easier (and, yes, SAFER) way: go to your nearest drop zone and do a skydive! You can usually go solo or tandem, train and jump the same day (I've seen people boarding a plane with their tandem jumpmaster *15 minutes* after they were handed to me for training), for around $200-300. Video of the entire experience is available.
The vast majority say afterwards it's the most intense experience they've ever had. Yes, including that.
October 30th, 2008 at 10:02 am
Excellent article! I'm looking forward to my trip (I expect to be able to do it in 20-25 years or so, depending on various variables). I'll definitely keep all this in mind.
October 30th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
I've done skydiving and ZeroG. ZeroG was the best and felt like nothing I've ever experienced before. Freefall in skydiving is just lots of wind and cold while floating on board ZeroG is almost mystical. It is the closer I will ever be to being an astronaut.
ZeroG is the way to go and only about 4 grand. Your in the air for about 45 minutes, but come home with some outstanding memories.
Just don't take the motion sickness pill they provide. It really isn't needed and just makes you groggy.
November 23rd, 2008 at 3:28 pm
I like it…:)
December 23rd, 2008 at 8:58 am
Does anyone know how i can win coz im a 12 year old zero-g is my dream bu my family wil never be able to aford it and the norton competition well im too young!