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It’s finally time–Virgin Galactic is flying private astronauts into space
- lisper 3y agoIf you want to experience zero G you can do it in any general-aviation aircraft, you just have to do it in 5-10 second bursts rather than three contiguous minutes. There is another alternative: https://www.gozerog.com/ https://www.gozerog.com/ This is a specially outfitted 727 similar to the one NASA uses for training. It gives you ~30 seconds of weightlessness at a time, but they do it multiple times so you actually log more total zero G time than on a sub-orbital flight at about 1-2% of the cost. Well worth the splurge IMHO.
- housemusicfan 3y agoThis reads like another Arsvertisement.
- ChrisArchitect 3y agoSome more discussion post-launch over here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37077977 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37077977