A Vomit Comet Ride Is Now Under $5K

While I would love to sky dive - something that I have never done - I think I would rather take the Zero G parabola flight. First, because it's safer, and second, because it simulates being an astronaut, floating around a contained space. It is more expensive than sky diving but a hell of a lot less than a ride on Virgin Galactic

The ZERO-G Experience, which includes a flight of 15 parabolas [each gives you 30 seconds of weightlessness], flight suit, complimentary merchandise, awards, a post-event party, photos, and a DVD of the flight, is offered at a price of $4,950 per seat.

The Zero G site says that by the end of the flight you will log about 7 to 8 minutes of reduced gravity - that's about as much zero-gravity time as Alan Shepard experienced on America's first human spaceflight.

In case you were wondering, a Virgin Galactic doesn't provide weightlessness, only a sick view and experience, and costs $200,000.

Via Neu