[Tondtar]

Just count the number of face plants and elbows in the chin you see in 4 minutes

They don't call it Vomit Comet for nothing ...

[Comet]

I didnt vomit on board and got 0 elbows or feet in my face
we werent a full load though
did it last year

[Tondtar]

Originally Posted by Comet

I didnt vomit on board and got 0 elbows or feet in my face
we werent a full load though
did it last year

Comet in Vomit Comet? ....Cool!

[Coni]

Wow that looks like the best rave ever...

[Bakeme521]

Originally Posted by Comet

I didnt vomit on board and got 0 elbows or feet in my face
we werent a full load though
did it last year

I've always wanted to do it, what does something like that cost?

[Comet]

Originally Posted by Tondtar

Comet in Vomit Comet? ....Cool!

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=415748

that's thread from when I did it

Originally Posted by Bakeme521

I've always wanted to do it, what does something like that cost?

5,000$USD

but if you wait until the last minute (like 2-3 weeks before a flight), and you're a "frequent flyer" and they have spots open, the price drops to 3,000$

honestly, well worth the experience
I will go back when they do it in Cape Canaveral (they land where NASA does)

[vioaltec]

how does this work? Does the plane nose dive or climb at a rapid speed? Cabin pressurization?

[syl2us]

lol @ the guy who attempts to front flip like 5 times and hits the ceiling every time.

I would also like to know how this works...

[Comet]

they can explain it better than I ever could

http://www.gozerog.com/index.cfm?fus...e.How_it_Works

but yeah, basically the climb is at around 2Gs and then the rapid nose dive creates a change in Gs that it creates 0g

the first 3 parabolas are not 0gs.. they have lunar and martian gravity

[Tondtar]

Originally Posted by syl2us

lol @ the guy who attempts to front flip like 5 times and hits the ceiling every time.

I would also like to know how this works...

I think the second clip explains it pretty well. Doesn't it?


And yeah, I agree, Comet. I think the major problem in the first clip is overcrowding and over enthusiasm of participants. They have 30 seconds intervals at a time to shoot their wads. This is when a circle jerk can get ugly

[syl2us]

Originally Posted by Tondtar

I think the second clip explains it pretty well. Doesn't it?


And yeah, I agree, Comet. I think the major problem in the first clip is overcrowding and over enthusiasm of participants. They have 30 seconds intervals at a time to shoot their wads. This is when a circle jerk can get ugly

didn't watch second one, was too early in the AM for weightless vomit

[Tondtar]

Originally Posted by syl2us

didn't watch second one, was too early in the AM for weightless vomit

That's what I thought too but ...There is no vomit in that one, actually.
It's actually quite informative about the whole thing and presented by a NASA staff.