zero gravity experience david groce lyncean group january 6, 2010
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Zero Gravity Experience
David Groce
Lyncean Group
January 6, 2010
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YouTube video"Inside the Space Station"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmC2vG5zq0
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•The only way for astronauts to practice before any zero-gravity space mission: the Vomit Comet
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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
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•Stephen Hawking
•Martha Stewart
•Ozzie Osbourne (?)
•Buzz Aldrin
•David Groce and daughter, EA
What do these people have in common?
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They all experienced zero gravity aboard G-Force One
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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)
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Zero-G Corp. Promotional Video"Like Nothing on Earth"
http://www.gozerog.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Photos_and_Videos.welcome
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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!
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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
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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.
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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
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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?)
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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?)
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Flight Path (parabolas)
First parabola— Martian gravity (1/3)2nd and 3rd parabolas—Lunar gravity (1/6)Next 12 parabolas—zero gravity (free fall)
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Zero-G video: Flight 229 blueVideo not available online
Contact David Groce for copy
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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