Just in caseSpaceX ’s Falcon Heavy launchwas not enough to convince you that space is awesome , last week also get word an unlikely pack of clubbers and spaceman throw a party in zero graveness .
With lodge music pumping and strobe light flashing , the party set off from Frankfurt airport on Wednesday , February 7 , in a zero - G Airbus , a repurposed A310 Airbus aeroplane used to school astronauts from the European Space Agency ( ESA ) . Onboard were over 50 guests , including disc jockey Steve Aoki and W&W , a gaggle of intrepid clubbers , and two European Space Agency ( ESA ) spaceman , Jean - Francois Clervoy and Pedro Duque .
" Our first reaction was , ' What ? ! ' " French astronaut Jean - Francois Clervoy toldCNN . " Then we realized it must be potential as there are no rules of physics or civil aviation that say no , so let ’s make it happen . "
BigCityBeats , the Earthbound organizers of the consequence , selected 14 clubbers from contestants who submitted picture on societal media . The winners hailed from countries dotted across the creation , including Australia , Brazil , Korea , India , and Germany . you’re able to check out some of the highlight from the consequence in the television below .
The 90 - moment party spent a sum of 25 minutes in zero graveness . The planing machine simulates zero gravity by performingparabolic flight maneuversat altitudes of 9,750 meters(32,000 feet).This involves the planing machine ascending and descending in a pattern of outrageous up - and - down movements . During the airplane ’s gratuitous - spill downwards trajectory , people inside the aircraft will experience a sense of weightlessness . As you’re able to imagine , all of this dipping and diving can take its toll on your stomach and its contents , hence the slip is sometimes dearly known as the “ vomit comet ” .
“ We were pretty unquiet , but after the first start it was , like , unutterable , ” W&W say in astatementafter the flight , “ … though any literal DJ - ing was all but insufferable in the weightless conditions , because you were always swimming by from the console table . ”
Back in 2016 , beer company Desperados take to the skies above Las Vegas with the firstever zero - solemnity disc jockey sic . While BigCityBeats might not have been the first to do a zero - gravity rave , they certainly have someveryambitious plan for the future .
" Since we are doing a lot of things which are unique , everybody was require me – when do you fly to the lunation ? " Bernd Breiter , CEO of BigCityBeats , toldAFP . " That will take a while if it ’s possible . But we are coming a niggling second cheeseparing . "
