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From: gm@trsvax
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Joy rides - Barnstorming reborn
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Date: Sat, 15-Feb-86 17:35:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 15 17:35:00 1986
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> On the subject of Joy rides, if the object is weightlessness, how
> about parabolic plane rides. NASA uses it to train astronauts, and
> from the films that I've seen it looks pretty fun.  Each period of
> weightlessness might not last long but it would be followed by a
> period of high G, which would be similar to launch...

They don't call that plane the "Vomit Comet" for nothing. Almost everyone
who has been on that plane woofs his/her cookies before the ride is
over. As for the people who don't, NASA sends them up again and again 
with doctors to figure out why they don't. The area of space sickness
is a big concern at NASA. They spent over a million dollars last year to
figure out what causes it and ways to prevent it.
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