So I was one of the few teachers in the state of Georgia selected to go (for free) on a weightless flight (aka zero gravity). It was a once in a lifetime experience! My teammates were Alicia (from Greene Co.) and Samantha (Augusta). We had to conduct experiments while we were in flight as well (dropping objects in various gravities, "tossing" each other, hula-hooping, etc.). Most of these experiments, of course, didn't get completed. This was due to a couple factors: 1. it's way too much fun up there and you only have 30 sec. of weightlessness at a time...needless to say, setting up an experiment was hard. 2. even if we wanted to do these experiments, you couldn't move around like you wanted to and it proved exceedingly hard to get to things! and last but certainly not least...how am I supposed to conduct experiments while puking my guts out!?!?!? Yes, that is correct, I got extremely ill. I hung in for 11 flight maneuvers, but had to bail on the last four. I won't get graphic, but try to imagine throwing up when there is no gravity to "pull" your vomit out of your mouth....GOOD TIMES! In all seriousness, I'm sooo incredibly grateful for my experience and know that I am one of a select few that have been able to fly like the astronauts have flown! I even made it in a couple of newspapers and am now a local celebrity around good ol' Oglethorpe County! Yee haw!
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