Pausch didn’t want to be an astronaut, but he still wanted the feeling of being in zero gravity. To do that, he had to get on NASA’s “Vomit Comet”. It was a plane that flew up and down in arc movements. This allowed a brief window in which its occupants could experience the feeling of weightlessness. Luckily, Pausch learned that NASA allowed students to fly on the plane by submitting a winning proposal for an experiment. Pausch’s team won, but he wasn’t
Pausch didn’t want to be an astronaut, but he still wanted the feeling of being in zero gravity. To do that, he had to get on NASA’s “Vomit Comet”. It was a plane that flew up and down in arc movements. This allowed a brief window in which its occupants could experience the feeling of weightlessness. Luckily, Pausch learned that NASA allowed students to fly on the plane by submitting a winning proposal for an experiment. Pausch’s team won, but he wasn’t