How Zero G Planes Work
The European Space Agency offered me a seat on their zerog plane: it s an Airbus A310 that flies parabolic maneuvers, pulling up into the sky and then arcing back down, giving its passengers about 20 seconds of weightlessness (or microgravity ) at a time. Here s how it works. Some people would have filmed their script on the ground, and just messed about while floating. I decided to go for something a bit more challenging. If you re a masters or PhD student from an ESA member state, and zerog sound
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