Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

NCsoft CEO to Take Zero-Gravity Flight
The Korea Times ^ | 09/06/07 | Cho Jin-seo

Posted on 09/06/2007 5:34:53 PM PDT by KevinDavis

One may need extraordinary luck, strength, brains and good looks to get on a government-financed space ride like the one awarded to Ko San on Wednesday. For billionaires like Kim Taek-jin, however, there is a faster and less bothersome way: Buying his way into the mock flight experience.

Kim, the founder and CEO of NCsoft, will take a zero-gravity flight out of an airport in Texas this Friday, local time, the company said. He will be accompanied by 30 Koreans and some of the company's employees, who were lucky enough to be picked into the program.

The zero-gravity flight provides a weightless environment for around 30 seconds each time the Boeing 727 plane does a free fall from 10 kilometers above the ground. Passengers stay afloat in the air as if they are swimming in space.

(Excerpt) Read more at koreatimes.co.kr ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: ncsoft; space; spaceadventures
Neat...
1 posted on 09/06/2007 5:34:54 PM PDT by KevinDavis
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: ShasheMac; brityank; Forest Keeper; swatbuznik; Potts Mtn. Pappy; Kevmo; wastedyears; ...

2 posted on 09/06/2007 5:35:58 PM PDT by KevinDavis (Mitt Romney 08)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: KevinDavis

You know, with all the crime going on in Paragon City, you’d think that he’d use that money to hire more cops rather than blowing it on himself. I mean, the ones they have now just stand there while a few feet away the Skulls spend a half hour trying to steal a woman’s purse...


3 posted on 09/07/2007 9:28:43 AM PDT by Starter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson