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Adventure Blog posts insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domain of the adventure facet of life. Adventure-Blog: Space-Adventures News Space Adventures Buys Zero-G: March 19, 2008 by Colin Clark
WASHINGTON — Space tourists came closer to a one-stop shop as Space-Adventures announced today its Jan. 1 purchase of Zero Gravity Corp., or Zero-G, which provides paying passengers brief periods of weightlessness aboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft known as G-Force One. The acquisition cements Space Adventures' control of Zero-G, in which it had been a substantial investor "for years," according to Eric Anderson, president and chief executive officer of Space Adventures. Anderson's Vienna, Va.-based firm arranges trips aboard Russian Soyuz vehicles to the international space station. Space-Adventures spokeswoman Stacey Tearne declined to discuss the price paid for Zero-G. "Bringing the companies together allows us to provide a range of exclusive commercial spaceflight services from parabolic flights to orbital missions," said Peter Diamandis, Zero-G's chief executive officer. Diamandis, who also co-founded Space-Adventures, will remain as Zero G's chief executive and becomes a managing director of Space-Adventures. Byron Lichtenberg, former NASA astronaut, continues as Zero-G's chief technology officer. Zero-G provides passengers with a brief training session followed by a 90-minute flight during which G-Force One performs a series of parabolas that enable passengers to experience Martian gravity, lunar gravity and zero gravity. Zero--G has carried more than 5,000 customers on more than 175 flights since 2004. The company won a research and training contract from NASA in January worth as much as $25 million. Adventure Blog Comment:
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