Zero Gravity for Zero Dollars: Best Student Discount Ever | Wired Science

By Alexis, Madrigal: Wired.com, Posted 09/18/09

Link: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/09/zero-gravity-for-zero-dollars-best-...

While the super-rich can pay millions to experience weightlessness at the International Space Station, some college kids have figured out how to experience the thrill of zero gravity for the student-friendly price of $0.

Through NASA’s Microgravity University program, teams of college students get to ride in and conduct experiments on a NASA jet that simulates zero-gravity conditions. Undergrads around the country will be sending their letters of intent to apply to this year’s competition this week, with completed applications due next month. “It’s really an ‘as only NASA can’ program,” said Sara Malloy, coordinator of the Microgravity University office at Johnson Space Center in Houston.