Zero Gravity Experience

David Groce

Lyncean Group

January 6, 2010

YouTube video"Inside the Space Station"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmC2vG5zq0

•The only way for astronauts to practice before any zero-gravity space mission: the Vomit Comet

But why zero-gravity training for the Mercury

astronauts?Only 1.7 m3 space!1959 Sam1960 Miss Sam1961 Ham1961 Enos1961 Alan Shepard1961 Gus Grissom1962 John Glenn

•Stephen Hawking

•Martha Stewart

•Ozzie Osbourne (?)

•Buzz Aldrin

•David Groce and daughter, EA

What do these people have in common?

They all experienced zero gravity aboard G-Force One

This is the way they,Space Adventures, Ltd.,

want us to thinkthe Zero-G experience

will be!

I'll tell you the way it really was!

Zero-G Promotional video (3:08)

Zero-G Corp. Promotional Video"Like Nothing on Earth"

http://www.gozerog.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Photos_and_Videos.welcome

Boeing 727-200

Minimum fuel; no luggage; no cargo; few windowsModified hydraulic system; accelerometers added

Interior stripped and padded; modified O2 & lighting36? seats in rear; pilots compartment plus 3-foot storage FAA approval-10 yr; no galley or restroom; no carry-ons

Others: NASA, Russia (tourists, too), EU, Ecuador!

Boeing 727-200

Minimum fuel; no luggage; no cargo; few windowsModified hydraulic system; accelerometers added

Interior stripped and padded; modified O2 & lighting36? seats in rear; pilots compartment plus 3-foot storage FAA approval-10 yr; no galley or restroom; no carry-ons

Others: NASA, Russia (tourists, too), EU, Ecuador!

NASAdrop facilities

2.2 sec4.6 sec5.2 sec-65 g

Locations• Las Vegas (9/19/09) had to arrive day early & leave day

laterWanted to go in 2007; two $500 off coupons; but alas!

• Other future commercial locations—about 30 per yearLos Angeles (2/13/10)

Las Vegas (2/27/10)

Dallas (3/13/10)

Chicago (3/27/10)

Washington, DC (4/3/10)

Cape Canaveral (4/17/10)

Cape Canaveral Platinum! (4/24/10)

Seattle and New York (later)

• Charters at any locationNASA, corporate, weddingsFilming "Apollo 11", television "Biggest Loser"

• Educational and Research Flights (submit grant request)

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Preflight Procedures at Hotel

•Table with every possible motion sickness pill!

25% on our flight (me on 10th parabola)

WILL I EXPERIENCE MOTION SICKNESS?It is very unlikely than you will experience motion sickness. The ZERO-G Experience was designed to provide flyers a fun and pleasant experience, and over the years we have succeeded in reducing the number of flyers who experience motion discomfort on G-FORCE ONE.   Today, very few people experience uneasiness or nausea during the flight.

Preflight Procedures at Hotel

•TSA check-in

•Buffet breakfast (motion sickness reduced)

•Pre-flight briefing (30 min)

•Change into personal flight suits with sox

•Barf bags in every major pocket

•TSA security screenings

•Transfer to bus to private side of airport

Procedures at Airport

• Group photos at aircraft

• "Fasten seat belts" FAA preflight briefing

• Take shoes off into big bag; color-coded sox

• Flight to approved airspace100 mi long by 10 mi wide by 12,000 ft thickNellis Airforce Range (over NTS?)

Procedures at Airport

•A preflight briefing

•Take shoes off into big bag; color-coded sox

•Flight to approved airspace100 mi long by 10 mi wide by 12,000 ft thickNellis Airforce Range (over NTS?)

Flight Path (parabolas)

First parabola— Martian gravity (1/3)2nd and 3rd parabolas—Lunar gravity (1/6)Next 12 parabolas—zero gravity (free fall)

Zero-G video: Flight 229 blueVideo not available online

Contact David Groce for copy

Lessons Learned

• It's FUN; it is unlike any thing else (E-ticket plus)

• Do not take a camera of any sort—enjoy yourself6 mounted videos & professional photographer

• Hard to control (my) body; there is no vertical

• Don't bump your head on ceiling—it hurts

• Plan what you want to try on the next parabola

• Don't eat the M&Ms—they come back up!

• Watch out for flying bodies & sox-covered feet

Bottom Line ($)

Zero-G for 5Gs

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