training
six monthsto the pad
Nobody flies with us cold. The programme is short enough to fit around a life and long enough that the cabin feels like home before launch day.
t-180
The physical
A day at our clinic in Mojave. Heart, lungs, balance, and a long conversation about what you want from the flight.
t-120
The centrifuge
Two sessions at 3 g so the climb and the re-entry are familiar rather than alarming. Most people enjoy the second one.
t-90
Suit fitting
Your pressure suit is cut to you, pressure tested and signed off by the crew who will fly beside you.
t-60
Zero g
A parabolic flight over the desert. Fifteen parabolas, and a first taste of the part everyone remembers.
t-30
The cabin
Thirty hours in the simulator until every sound, light and call is familiar long before the real one.
t-1
The pad
You arrive the night before. Dinner with the crew, an early night, and the vehicle waiting on the pad at dawn.
t-0
the flight
Four minutes of silence, a curve of blue against black, and a view that stays with you for the rest of your life.
