Zero Gravity Corporation

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Zero Gravity Corporation (also known as ZERO-G) is a Fort Lauderdale-based company which operates weightless flights. The company operates a modified Boeing 727 which flies parabolic arcs similar to those of NASA's KC-135 Reduced Gravity Aircraft. Current ticket price is approximately US$3750.

Ansari X Prize chairman Peter Diamandis is the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of ZERO-G. A number of notable passengers have been on weightless flights run by the company, including Martha Stewart, Burt Rutan, Buzz Aldrin, and John Carmack.

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Farewell to Gravity (Wired article by Xeni Jardin)
• Notes on Zero-G flight by John Carmack (September 26, 2004)