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First Zero Gravity Wedding

news.com.au — THE bride wore white and earrings resembling tiny planets, the groom a tuxedo and cuff links shaped like spacecraft, and the wedding party attended in blue jumpsuits. Erin Finnegan and Noah Fulmor floated into matrimony yesterday thousands of metres above the Gulf of Mexico in what organisers said was the world's first zero gravity wedding

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  • uptwolait, on 06/22/2009, -1/+23There is no "zero gravity" anywhere in space. There is only the balance of body forces from various accelerations and masses.

    That said, I'd love a good zero-body-force blowjob.
  • jemka, on 06/21/2009, -2/+17I'm looking forward to the first zero gravity divorce.
  • Jeepinator, on 06/22/2009, -0/+11If you were a real science nerd you would know that gravity has not been overcome in any way during this wedding. In fact, it is because of the properties of gravity that they are able to seemingly float. They are only floating relative to the plane though. In reality they are falling very quickly towards earth at about the same acceleration you experience anywhere else of 9.8 m/s.
  • duggtodeath, on 06/22/2009, -4/+14Obligatory Science Nerd: "Ahem. The proper term is microgravity, hello!"
  • InfiniteNothing, on 06/22/2009, -0/+7Skydiving isn't zero gravity. The air resistance will stop you from the 9.8 m/s/s acceleration pretty fast.
  • inactive, on 06/22/2009, -0/+6I wonder if they threw up afterward.

    Also the bride was fairly attractive for such a nerdy wedding. I was expecting a butterface, so that's a nice surprise.
  • AzzidReign, on 06/22/2009, -4/+8I'd like to stick my penis into that woman's vagina in zero gravity- if you know what I mean.
  • dtele, on 06/21/2009, -1/+5It's not quite the same... so it hasn't 'been done'.
    They are not wearing parachutes are they?
  • Jeepinator, on 06/22/2009, -0/+49.8 m/s^2 sorry.
  • farfegnugen, on 06/22/2009, -0/+4I was actually on that plane today, for another Zero-G flight. Richard Garriott, who officiated the wedding, stayed another day and joined my group (a bunch of MIT researchers) on our flight. Really cool guy. And the flight is truly an amazing experience. When you're coming up and over the crest of the parabola, just about to enter the "weightless" period, it feels like going over the hill on a roller coaster. But much, much, much faster. It's really freaky at first, but you get used to it. There was something really calming about just pushing off the floor and floating in the middle of the cabin.
  • Czaja, on 06/22/2009, -0/+4No. Could you elaborate, preferably with visual aid.
  • bluekangaroo, on 06/22/2009, -0/+350% of zero G weddings result in 1 G divorce.
  • duggtodeath, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3I withdraw my statement *eats candybar*
  • AzzidReign, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3Hey, what do you know? People are stupid enough to misspell buried.
  • Tiak, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3He means that "zero gravity" (meaning freefall) weddings have been done plenty of times.
  • Ghostalker, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3It's all downhill from here.... in more ways then one.
  • ivan423, on 06/22/2009, -1/+4ha ha ha. I am watching The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien in Hulu. It's really funny.
  • InfiniteNothing, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3How is it microgravity? They were in an airplane, not a spaceship.
  • antdude, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2That's what sex is like. ;P
  • Enlefo, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2Psh, let me know when you can get zero g honey moons... giggity.
  • WhoDoneIt, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2Whatever.. it's not "zero gravity"!!

    You are free falling but since you are in a plane, it appears you are "floating"..

    So, because you are still "on earth", there is gravity...hence you falling towards your ultimate death should the pilot not nose up your wedding ceremony in 3 minutes.

  • p47plane, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2But they weren't weightless either. They were just falling at the same rate as the plane.
  • hpodity, on 06/22/2009, -2/+3Already on digg, and already previously on the front page. Buried.
  • WhoDoneIt, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1Then explain how that is really "zero-g" to me.

    The moment the plane "crests over the parabola", you are still in a plane, which is still affected by g-force, which means you are still heading towards earth.

    How the hell is this "zero-g"? It's not. The Illusion and feeling is Zero-G, but in fact you are heading towards earth.

    A true "Zero-G" wedding has yet to take place.
  • ldavid, on 06/22/2009, -1/+2lmfao. AzzidReign I had coke in my mouth and when I read your comment I nearly sprayed it all over my laptop screen here at work.
  • p47plane, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1Maybe it wasn't an accident. Maybe he gave him burrs.
  • katieface, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1"Noah knocked into my nose and I thought it would bleed," Ms Finnegan said.
    How romantic.
  • cyssero, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1I genuinely thought this said "first zero gravity welding" and I rushed over to see what it was about.

    I was disappointed.
  • AzzidReign, on 06/22/2009, -2/+3Yeah, but I never saw it on Digg before, and since I don't tend to search Digg for "Zero Gravity Weddings", I'd probably never see it if it wasn't posted today. If you saw it already, skip the ***** over it. No one is making you read it again.
  • inactive, on 06/22/2009, -1/+2This is cool and all, but I'm more interested in the honeymoon. Pics plz.
  • linagee, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1Can you get gay married in space?
  • Rugmeister, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1Why not? Nobody to arrest you...
  • JasonHennesey, on 06/25/2009, -0/+1This is fantastic! this is the more thrilling wedding event i ever heard. looking forward to see the video.
  • Rugmeister, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1Rather than the terms "zero gravity" or "microgravity" I'm pretty fond of the term "free fall" since it describes both true and simulated weightlessness. I haven't seen it in print since I last read Heinlein though.
  • inigomntoya, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1That does bring up an interesting concept - where were they married (I know it was over the Gulf of Mexico, but what country)?
    Will their state of residence acknowledge their marriage license?
  • antdude, on 06/23/2009, -0/+1How about sex?
  • farfegnugen, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1You're right. It's not true zero-g. But in the reference frame of the cabin of the airplane, it is. Sure, to an observer on the ground, both the plane and its occupants are falling to the ground. But to the people inside the plane, your mind is tricked into thinking you're floating. "True" zero-g or not, your body does feel different.

    Last month, at ISDC, former astronaut Story Musgrave was talking about his first time in space, and his first experience with microgravity. He said one night, while he was floating in the middle of the space shuttle, he closed his eyes and imagined he just stepped off a cliff. His mind instantly thought he was back on earth, in a free fall.

    Either way, I see your point, and technically you're right. But it's something you need to experience to fully understand.
  • TheStrongForce, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1You are not a science nerd. BUSTED.
  • InfiniteNothing, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weightlessness

    It's retarded but weightlessness doesn't mean 0 weight.
  • Rugmeister, on 06/22/2009, -0/+1I think this is really beautiful. Look at her expression.
  • joannastack, on 09/16/2009, -0/+0What a totally fun wedding theme! Weddings are getting so interesting these days with so many different themes! I still think that classic jewelry is a must though. I would love to have a crazy theme like this at my wedding, but I'd probably do a few things traditional still. I've been thinking about getting a cubic zirconia ring from http://emitations.com. We'll see! Now I have more to think about...like having a space themed wedding! haha
  • inactive, on 06/22/2009, -1/+0This is probably the stupidest thing I have ever read.
  • Kate1240, on 06/22/2009, -1/+0This couple will be divorced in three years! oh cares..
  • InfiniteNothing, on 06/22/2009, -3/+1I think you misunderstand the concept of zero gravity. Zero gravity = weightlessness not "the force of gravity = 0". Space is irrelevant because they were still in the atmosphere.
  • Spire3660, on 06/22/2009, -7/+4Buried for inaccurate title, there is no such thing as zero gravity.

    Edit: after reading the full article, Buried for dorkiness. People really do stupid ***** and think its meaningful.....
  • xwater, on 06/22/2009, -4/+1hey what do you know, i burried you!

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