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Get Buzzed this August for $9k

July 21, 2008 at 4:30 PM | by DanielR | 0 Comments

Celebrities losing weight is so 20th century; the hot new trend is going totally weightless! We told you about Joey Fatone taking a Zero G flight for his 31st birthday back in February, and now the anti-gravity flight provider has even raised the bar for those willing to spend $9,000.

On August 17, Zero G will host a flight out of Las Vegas for a select 16 people--the normal load is 35--with one very special guest, astronaut Buzz Aldrin. With more room to float freely for 30 seconds at a time, the lucky crew can mingle with Buzz and ask him about all the wild stuff he did when he was weightless for hours at a time.

We can think of what we'd want to do weightless in a plane, and it's dirty. If you're paying nine grand, we'd be hoping for a bit more excitement than throwing chips at each other from across the cabin!

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· Zero G Platinum Flight [Official Site]
· Zero Gravity Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo from Buzz's flight in November 2007: Zero G]

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NSync Travel: Fatone in Space

February 8, 2008 at 11:42 AM | by pbb | 1 Comment

NSync alum Joey Fatone took a trip into zero-gravity for his 31st b-day. But he didn't have much more luck than fellow boy-bander Lance Bass in actually leaving Earth. Fatone hopped a "seat" on a Zero G flight out of Kennedy Space Center near Orlando.

This is the same so-called vomit comet that lofted Jaunted fan Stephen Hawking into the skies for a 90-minute joy ride last year.

Upcoming departures are scheduled for Las Vegas, San Jose and Kennedy Space Center. They run roughly once a week. Oh, and while you'll be weightless, the flight isn't priceless: Tickets are $3,675.

Related Stories:
· Zero G [Official Site]
· Joey Fatone Floats in "Space" [NYDN]
· Harbinger of a Travel Craze: Zero G Travel [Jaunted]

[Photo: IMDb]

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Harbinger of a Travel Craze: Zero G Travel

June 25, 2007 at 12:57 PM | by femmefatale | 1 Comment

It's the ultimate weight loss programme - around 60 kg in three seconds.

The catch - you get it all back, and more, 30 seconds later.

Commonly and rather unfairly known as the vomit comet, the latest craze in the US is the zero-gravity flight.

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