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Topic: Space Adventures Zero-G/Edge of Space flights
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derek
Member Posts: 297
From: N.Ireland.
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 04-21-2003 04:57 PM
   
I'm seriously thinking of going to Moscow for zero G and MIG 25 (edge of space)flights, has anyone else here tried these? If they offer suborbital flights in the future, then I'd be the best flown item in my collection! |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3118
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 04-21-2003 07:45 PM
Derek, you've obviously made your first million. Some of us are still trying! |
Joe Davies
Member Posts: 258
From: UK
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 04-21-2003 08:19 PM
quote:
Originally posted by derek:
If they offer suborbital flights in the future, then I'd be the best flown item in my collection!
...and you will probably have flown closer to space than some of the "flown" stuff offered in auctions.  |
Rizz
Member Posts: 1208
From: Upcountry, Maui, Hawaii
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 04-21-2003 10:05 PM
Derek, I've been putting money aside for the last year to 'finance' my ride in a MiG 25. I'm going to plan it around a full moon.You can expect quite a bit of heat from the friction. You are seated up front. 80,000 ft at Mach 3. Whooaa... Have fun. Post your trip or maybe do a little write up for cS. After the flight, you can wear a little tag that says "FLOWN". |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-22-2003 09:59 AM
As some know, I've worked on and off for Space Adventures for the past six years. I was the company's first employee.I've been to Russia to experience Zero-G and traveled with SA to Baikonur to view Mark Shuttleworth launch to the ISS. I've also filmed the company's MiG flights and I can attest, they are an adrenaline rush — and that's just the ground perspective. But don't take a (former) employee's word for it — how about Forbes magazine. |
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