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[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 33 points 1 month ago (4 children)

They should fly up as high as possible and take a nose dive, then repeat the process. Let's call it Floating Xperience.

[–] SGforce@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's Boeing, they do that anyway.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 month ago

Not the repeating part

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That’s part of astronaut training, they call it the vomit comet.

[–] 5715@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

Vomiting in the cockpit sounds a bit difficult to deal with after.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

The Vomit Comet exists.

[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

That's basically what parabolic flights for simulating low or no gravity are.