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an excursion to the world of Bios-
phere-2. All the more so that your
“experience-experiment” will only
last a little more than an hour.
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plerbriefing0723
Light yourself up at the solar
battery farm in Ivanpah,
California
www.ivanpahsolar.com
The huge Ivanpah solar thermo-
electric plant, located 64 km (40
miles) from Las Vegas, is a blinding
spectacle in the literal meaning of the
word. 300,000 mirror panels have
turned a sector of the Mojave desert
into a source of “green” energy with a capacity of 392
megawatts, enough to provide light to 140,000 homes in
California. Ivanpah is five times more powerful than its pro-
totype—Nevada Solar One. Specialists say that the “solar
farm” cuts emissions of carbon dioxide gas into the atmos-
phere by 400,000 tons a year—it’s as if 72,000 cars were
taken off of California’s roads at once.
with the breath-taking experience, have brought this ad-
venture for tourists international fame. Of all the ways to
go we’ve named here, this one is the most expensive:
ZERO-G Experience® is available for $4,950 and up per
person. The “tour” includes fifteen parabolas, your own
ZERO-G suit, celebration of regravitation, a certificate of
having spent time in the state of weightlessness, and pho-
tographs and video of your unique experience.
Feel like an astronaut on board the ZERO-G
(in Orlando, Miami, Las Vegas, and San Francisco)
www.gozerog.com
Zero Gravity Corporation is a pri-
vate company that engages in space
entertainments and tourism. The ex-
perience offered by ZERO-G is the
only chance for an ordinary earth-
bound person to experience weight-
lessness without actually going into
space. A specially modified Boeing
727, once it’s in the stratosphere,
performs parabolic arcs to create a
weightless environment inside the
airplane that allows you to swim,
tumble, and soar as if you were re-
ally out in space.
ZERO-G’s attention to detail and
excellent service, in combination
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