Jun 24, 2009

less weightage on wedding

less weightage on wedding doesn't necessary means you be apathetic about the wedding.
perhaps it's just something new, the average mundane earthlings can look forward to...

the first weightless wedding...

Noah Fulmor and Erin Finnegan flip in float as they say their 'I Do's' in weightlessness with ZERO-G. Credit: Reuters
Noah Fulmor and Erin Finnegan were married on June 20 among family and friends who were all on board ZERO-G's G-FORCE One, a specially modified Boeing 727. Officiating the wedding was Richard Garriott, the sixth private explorer in history to go to space, and the first second-generation U.S. astronaut.
Before starting a parabola, G-FORCE ONE flies level to the horizon at an altitude of 24,000 feet. The pilots then begins to pull up, gradually increasing the angle of the aircraft to about 45° to the horizon reaching an altitude of 34,000 feet. During this pull-up, passengers will feel the pull of 1.8 Gs. Next the plane is “pushed over” to create the zero gravity segment of the parabola. For the next 20-30 seconds everything in the plane is weightless. Next a gentle pull-out is started which allows the flyers to stabilize on the aircraft floor. This maneuver is repeated 12-15 times, each taking about ten miles of airspace to perform.
if not mistaken, it's USD 4950 + 5% tax per person...

contemplating renewal of vows in such extreme condition...

for more info...

P.S. a big congrats to my fellow batchmates, Jen, KC, HC, YS, EV, CC and SY who are tying the knot soon and leaving singlehood...

4 comments:

fibrate said...

Don't fancy the idea of throwing up on my gown...LOL

pilocarpine said...

LOLz... ya, for chinese, probably being upside down during wedding is suey... bad luck...

so, probab can wear sexy beautiful swimsuit innit..

Michelle Mak said...

why swimmng suit?

p/s: to leav a comment in ur blog is like superb hard

pilocarpine said...

d gown may goes up.. and oops...

to leave a comment in my blog needs perseverance, perspiration and persistence.. not for the faint of heart...

just kidding.. i'll change d comment setting...