Thrill-seekers pay $5,000 to experience zero gravity

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Not all of us can become an astronaut and fly to space. For just under $5,000 the Zero Gravity Corporation offers flights that create the experience of weightlessness for its passengers. It's the same method NASA uses to prepare astronauts for zero gravity environments. The same parabolic flight pattern used in the Zero Gravity.The technique was also used to shoot the zero gravity scenes in the 1995 Tom Hanks film "Apollo 13." Fresh off of a flight with the Breitling Jet Team, Business Insider Video senior producer Graham Flanagan got the opportunity to see what the Zero G experience is all about. Suit up and get ready to float. -------------------------------------------------- Follow BI Video on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1oS68Zs Follow BI on Facebook: http://bit.ly/1W9Lk0n Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ -------------------------------------------------- Business Insider is the fastest growing business news site in the US. Our mission: to tell you all you need to know about the big world around you. The BI Video team focuses on technology, strategy and science with an emphasis on unique storytelling and data that appeals to the next generation of leaders – the digital generation.

Published 2016-09-15 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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