While every red-blooded American boy dreams of becoming an astronaut and boldly venturing into the cosmos, the vast majority of us wind up boldly venturing into … work.
Leave the briefcase behind and achieve your childhood fantasy with Zero G Corporation’s “Weightless Experience,” taking off from JFK on March 31.
Strapped inside the empty, padded cabin of a modified 727, you’ll ascend to 34,000 feet, where the pilot will perform a complicated series of parabolic arcs. The effect of these arcs is simple: everything within the plane, including you, becomes 100% weightless. Yes, exactly like it is in space.
The maneuver is repeated 15 times, with up to 30 seconds of pure weightlessness each, allowing you to perform all the zero-gravity stunts your 11-year-old self ever dreamed of: flying from wall to wall, drinking floating orbs of water out of midair, you name it.
The whole experience lasts five hours, including a pre-flight orientation and “regravitation celebration” once you return to terra firma.
As you’d expect, this gravity-defying experience costs more than coach, but we’re guessing no one will be celebrating more than your inner child.
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