ZERO-G Flight

What if I told you that we can experience the Zero Gravity here in planet Earth, would you believe it? Well, it’s a pretty awesome thing to think. And if it’s true and you have the money or the courage to experience it, would you try it?

For some people, the major attractive of going to the space is probably the zero gravity experience. And that´s because we´ve spent all our lives stick to the ground. All this excitement is due to the fact that we can actually hover in the middle air.

But, we all must know that Zero Gravity experience can be found in our planet. It´s kind of expensive, but some people say it worth it. The experience has been exciting most of the rich people in the globe. Today, $4.950 (tax included) is the price for a single passenger. Felix Rappaport, recently paid this flight, he said “You could talk about this for the next 10 years”… We can see it totally worth it.

The one in charge of weightless flights across USA and some gravity research is the Zero Gravity Corporation. The company was founded by Peter Diamandis, he was a NASA astronaut.  He  has had  the  dream  to  give  all  the  people  in  the  world,  the  awesome experience of a zero gravity flight. So, he created the company and he became true lots of dreams in the world. Even Stephen Hawkings, one of the greatest minds in our century, have tried this experience. He said “The zero-G part was wonderful and the higher-G part was no problem. I could have gone on and on. Space, here I come!” once he ended the flight. Peter Diamandis said “We had a wonderful time. It was incredible, far beyond our expectations”. He can see we can have lots of fun per flight.

This company is located in Las Vegas, Diamandis says that “The reason we are here in Las Vegas is because of that market”. Also said that “People come here… Wanting to do the most amazing things they can”.

Nowadays, the company has been doing investigations and training for NASA´s astronaut recruits. You think that if you wanted to be an astronaut, it would be easy? You were wrong… Some special equipment is needed by astronauts, and special training, so astronauts needs tons of experience in zero gravity flights. Lots of things needs to be ignored by astronauts while flying into outer space. For example: vertigo and nauseas are the most common “diseases” that this guys might suffer in each flight.

So, if I ask you how the Zero-G Corp makes it possible, would you be able to answer me? Well, if don’t, here is how the Zero­G Corp. can make it possible.  I´ll divide it in two parts: where the Zero­G Corp do it, and how they do it.

To answer the first part we must have a look to their planes. They own and operate some Boeing 727­227F Advance planes. I show you a picture of the plane right here.

And to answer the second part of the question, we just have to see how the planes flight. They don’t go to the space (that would be imposible), they just made some parabolic arcs and some up and down maneuvers. The air pressure in the plane´s cabin and the speed of the flight, make possible the zero gravity experience.

So, we have seen how the Zero­G Corp. makes it possible… Would you try it?