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4 & 1/2 minutes in zero g

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The second T-5 talk I had ready for SpaceUpEU but I didn't presente it because all of the slots were filled for sunday and I had already done one on saturday.

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息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com 41/2 minutes in free fall, AKA zero-G Hi. Maybe you already hate me for seeing Atlantis launch in STS135, but now Ill tell you about a 鍖ight I did in zero g, invited by Vodafone so youll really hate me afterwards.
I 鍖ew with ZeroG Corp, a US based company which uses a Boeing 727 airliner, suitably modi鍖ed to withstand the stresses of this kind of 鍖ights.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Physicist_Stephen_Hawking_in_Zero_Gravity_NASA.jpg - CC NASA You have to 鍖ll in some paperwork about your health, but if this guy, which Im pretty sure you all know, did it, you can do it. Oh, and you also have to say its OK if you die.
息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com Apart from that, the FAA sees these 鍖ights as commercial ones so you get all the amenities like security brie鍖ngs, a 鍖ight attendant that yells at you with a bullhorn, etc.
The main differences are that most of the seats in the plane are gone, that the oxygen masks are under the seats, and that the cabin is mostly covered with soft mats.
File:Parabolic 鍖ight.png - GNU GPL by Dr. Wessmann So, after taking off like any other commercial 鍖ight the plane 鍖ies to a reserved zone in the airspace where it can perform its tricks without colliding with anyone which is kind of a good idea.
File:Parabolic 鍖ight.png - GNU GPL by Dr. Wessmann This means pointing the nose down, accelerating, and then pulling up and leveling the plane when it slows down. Then youre in free fall for 25 to 30 seconds. Repeat this x15 times.
息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com One of the 鍖rst things you experience is that mass doesnt equal weight, so on your 鍖rst tries to get up you end up scrunched against the ceiling. Its a good thing
息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com the cabin is padded. It also means that you are 束stronger損, like I found out when someone was falling on top of me. I tried to push him a bit but instead I sent him 鍖ying away.
息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QF2w2Dx_QMs You also notice quite soon that in zero g (or free fall) things like upside and down cease to have any meaning.You can walk or crawl on the ceiling with no problem.
息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QF2w2Dx_QMs Theres a video tour of the ISS by Andr辿 Kuipers in Youtube where he explains this in node 3, where depending on your activity down can be any of at least 3 different directions.
息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com It is also extremely hard to do many things in free fall, as Andr辿 says in that video. For example, the coaches on the 鍖ight set some water and M&Ms 鍖oating in front of us
息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com and told us to catch them. But its nearly impossible unless you can lean on something. On Earth you unconsciously lean forward; 鍖oating in zero g you cant.
息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com You also realize that Sir Isaac Newton was right when he said in his 鍖rst law of motion that if an object experiences no net force, then its velocity is constant.
息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com When zero g begins, if you dont push against the 鍖oor, you dont start 鍖oating spontaneously. Forget what youve seen in the movies, they mostly got it wrong.
The 鍖ight, at least to me, was thorougly enjoyable, and I didnt feel sick at all, even thoug someone did thats the circle you see on our route while they cleared the mess.
息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com Unfortunately it is quite expensive at something like 4 tousand dollars plus getting there, lodging and so on, but if I ever win a lottery Ill give it another try.
息 Red Bull Media Red Bull Media Flight: Quince minutos en un Extra 300L On the other side of the scale is an aerobatic 鍖ight I took in a Red Bull plane.You also have to say that its OK if you die, and you get a security brie鍖ng about using a parachute.
息 Red Bull Media Red Bull Media Flight: Quince minutos en un Extra 300L But with loops, barrels, turns of up to 7g, etc, its much harder than a zero g 鍖ight and its not unheard of of passengers asking to cut it short and/or puking, which fortunately I didnt.
@wicho You cant pay to 鍖y with Red Bull, but you can book a ride in a 鍖ghter plane with a few companies worldwide If you have the money. So Do you already hate me?

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4 & 1/2 minutes in zero g

  • 1. 息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com 41/2 minutes in free fall, AKA zero-G Hi. Maybe you already hate me for seeing Atlantis launch in STS135, but now Ill tell you about a 鍖ight I did in zero g, invited by Vodafone so youll really hate me afterwards.
  • 2. I 鍖ew with ZeroG Corp, a US based company which uses a Boeing 727 airliner, suitably modi鍖ed to withstand the stresses of this kind of 鍖ights.
  • 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Physicist_Stephen_Hawking_in_Zero_Gravity_NASA.jpg - CC NASA You have to 鍖ll in some paperwork about your health, but if this guy, which Im pretty sure you all know, did it, you can do it. Oh, and you also have to say its OK if you die.
  • 4. 息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com Apart from that, the FAA sees these 鍖ights as commercial ones so you get all the amenities like security brie鍖ngs, a 鍖ight attendant that yells at you with a bullhorn, etc.
  • 5. The main differences are that most of the seats in the plane are gone, that the oxygen masks are under the seats, and that the cabin is mostly covered with soft mats.
  • 6. File:Parabolic 鍖ight.png - GNU GPL by Dr. Wessmann So, after taking off like any other commercial 鍖ight the plane 鍖ies to a reserved zone in the airspace where it can perform its tricks without colliding with anyone which is kind of a good idea.
  • 7. File:Parabolic 鍖ight.png - GNU GPL by Dr. Wessmann This means pointing the nose down, accelerating, and then pulling up and leveling the plane when it slows down. Then youre in free fall for 25 to 30 seconds. Repeat this x15 times.
  • 8. 息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com One of the 鍖rst things you experience is that mass doesnt equal weight, so on your 鍖rst tries to get up you end up scrunched against the ceiling. Its a good thing
  • 9. 息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com the cabin is padded. It also means that you are 束stronger損, like I found out when someone was falling on top of me. I tried to push him a bit but instead I sent him 鍖ying away.
  • 10. 息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QF2w2Dx_QMs You also notice quite soon that in zero g (or free fall) things like upside and down cease to have any meaning.You can walk or crawl on the ceiling with no problem.
  • 11. 息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QF2w2Dx_QMs Theres a video tour of the ISS by Andr辿 Kuipers in Youtube where he explains this in node 3, where depending on your activity down can be any of at least 3 different directions.
  • 12. 息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com It is also extremely hard to do many things in free fall, as Andr辿 says in that video. For example, the coaches on the 鍖ight set some water and M&Ms 鍖oating in front of us
  • 13. 息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com and told us to catch them. But its nearly impossible unless you can lean on something. On Earth you unconsciously lean forward; 鍖oating in zero g you cant.
  • 14. 息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com You also realize that Sir Isaac Newton was right when he said in his 鍖rst law of motion that if an object experiences no net force, then its velocity is constant.
  • 15. 息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com When zero g begins, if you dont push against the 鍖oor, you dont start 鍖oating spontaneously. Forget what youve seen in the movies, they mostly got it wrong.
  • 16. The 鍖ight, at least to me, was thorougly enjoyable, and I didnt feel sick at all, even thoug someone did thats the circle you see on our route while they cleared the mess.
  • 17. 息 Stephen Boxall - steveboxall.com Unfortunately it is quite expensive at something like 4 tousand dollars plus getting there, lodging and so on, but if I ever win a lottery Ill give it another try.
  • 18. 息 Red Bull Media Red Bull Media Flight: Quince minutos en un Extra 300L On the other side of the scale is an aerobatic 鍖ight I took in a Red Bull plane.You also have to say that its OK if you die, and you get a security brie鍖ng about using a parachute.
  • 19. 息 Red Bull Media Red Bull Media Flight: Quince minutos en un Extra 300L But with loops, barrels, turns of up to 7g, etc, its much harder than a zero g 鍖ight and its not unheard of of passengers asking to cut it short and/or puking, which fortunately I didnt.
  • 20. @wicho You cant pay to 鍖y with Red Bull, but you can book a ride in a 鍖ghter plane with a few companies worldwide If you have the money. So Do you already hate me?