Dr. Peter H. Diamandis
Founder, Chairman and CEO
Zero Gravity Corporation
Dr. Peter H. Diamandis is a successful entrepreneur and pioneer
in the commercial space arena. Diamandis co-founded ZERO-G
as a means to permit the public to experience the excitement
of space on a first-hand basis.
Dr. Diamandis is the Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation,
a non-profit organization promoting the formation of a space-tourism
industry through a $10M prize. Diamandis was a co-founder of
Space Adventures, Ltd. a leading space travel and tourism company,
and a co-Founder and chairman of Starport.com, a leading Internet
site for Space Exploration, acquired by SPACE.com in 1990.
In 1987, Peter co-founded the International Space University
(ISU) where he served as the University's first managing director.
Today he is a trustee of the $30M university located on its
own campus in Strasbourg, France. While a student at MIT, Peter
founded and served as chairman of Students for the Exploration
and Development of Space (SEDS), the world's largest student
space organization.
Peter Diamandis received his undergraduate and graduate degrees
in aerospace engineering from the MIT and a medical degree
from Harvard Medical School. He has conducted research in a
number of fields, including molecular genetics, space medicine,
and launch vehicle design. He has received a number of awards,
including MIT's Kresge Award, the 1986 Space Industrialization
Fellowship Award, the 1988 Aviation Week and Space Technology
Laurel, the 1993 Space Frontier Foundation Pioneer Award, and
the Russian 1995 K. E. Tsiolkovsky Award.
About ZERO-G
Zero Gravity Corporation (www.GoZeroG.com)
is a privately held space entertainment and tourism company whose
mission is to make the excitement and adventure of weightlessness
accessible to the public. ZERO-G is based in Las Vegas and Florida
and is the first and only FAA-approved provider of commercial
weightless flight to the general public, as well as the entertainment
and film industries, corporate and incentive market, non-profit
research and education sectors, and government. The experience
offered by ZERO-G is the only commercial opportunity on Earth
for individuals to experience true "weightlessness" without
going to space. This is the identical weightless flight
experience used by NASA to train its astronauts and used by Ron
Howard and Tom Hanks to film Apollo-13.
The ZERO-G Experience™ consists of a
brief training session for passengers followed by a 90-minute
flight aboard G-Force-One, during
which parabolic maneuvers are performed. The controlled
ascent and descent of the plane allows Flyers to experience
Martian gravity (1/3-gravity), Lunar gravity (1/6-gravity),
and zero gravity. The ZERO-G Experience provides its
Flyers with twice the amount of weightless time achieved in
a typical sub-orbital flight into space. ZERO-G operates
under the highest safety standards as set by the FAA (Part-121)
with its partner Amerijet International of Ft. Lauderdale Florida. Aircraft
operations take place under the same regulations set for large
commercial passenger airliners.
G-Force-One regularly
flies from both Signature Air Terminal at McCarran International
Airport in Las Vegas and the Shuttle Landing Facility at the
Kennedy Space Center in Central Florida.
Booking Flights
The ZERO-G Experience,
which includes training , a flight
of 15 parabolas, flight suit, complimentary merchandise, awards,
a post-event party, photos, and a DVD of the flight, is offered
at a price of $3,950 per seat.
ZERO-G flights also may be chartered for private events. Since its launch in
2004, individual groups of family and friends to top- tier consumer brands like
American Express, Hewlett-Packard, Google and Cadbury Schweppes have chartered
ZERO-G flights. The ZERO-G Experience builds deep common memories that no ordinary
gravity-bound exercise can equal. It is a unique way to express gratitude
to important clients and partners. Flights can be rewards, incentives,
celebrations and even revenue mechanisms for charitable institutions. For
the current flight schedule, more information or to book a seat, visit www.GoZeroG.com
or call 1-800-937-6480. |
