The Wetass Lifestyle–“Zero G, Dude”: Ever wondered what it would be like to float around in Zero G like an astronaut, or at least Tom Hanks in Appollo 13? Well, thanks to the Zero G Corporation, you can now puke with the best of them. For decades now, NASA has been training its astronauts for the Zero G experience by flying them up to high altitude in a modified passenger jet, which then noses over into a dive. For about 30 seconds the occupants of said jet experience weightlessness, or near weightlessness, and if they keep their pasta down, they definitely have the Right Stuff. And the Zero G Corp has just been given the green light by the FAA to provide the same carnival ride to the general public. For a mere $3,000 bucks they’ll take you up in their Boeing 727-200 cargo aircraft, with its specially adapted “Floating Zone” (i.e. a cargo area with a lot of padding). Then they’ll fly 15 parabolas to get you floating time and again. You can choose from a menu of increasingly extreme parabolas that offers Martian-G parabolas (1/3 gravity), Lunar-G parabolas (1/6th gravity), or wild, Wetass Zero-G parabolas. Go alone, and meet other Zero-G nutjobs (you can play with their heads by breaking out your Klingon in mid-air), or charter the whole damn plane for your birthday party. If you’ve got a broadband connection, click here for a pretty cool (except for the porno-style background music) 4 minute video. Light meals–and I mean very light meals–are included. Hope they have a good hose and squeegee in that thing…



Astro Wannabe: “Am I not cool? And it only costs $100 a second…”