Re: Space Cadets

In article <240mf.1551$n95.1341@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 8888888888
@hotmail.com says...
> Just out of interest, how are they going to simulate
> weightlessness. I know you can do it in a plane for a minute
> or so but..????

They're going to be told, wait for it, that they're in `near space' and
too close to the earth[0] to be weightless. Apparently.

> I can't believe anyone's going to be stupid enough
> for this to work ?

Hence the notion that the joke's on the viewers---assuming there are
any. But they did, apparently, filter out anyone that had any clue
about anything worthwhile in the early stages of selection.

0] Like, about 12 feet away from it.
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SAm.
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