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Zero gravity or weightlessness, is falling under the earths gravitational pull, in a orbiting spacestation, you are falling to earth, but the orbiting velocity is exactly enough to keep you stable. Creating this siuation on earth is difficult as air resistance in ballistic parabolic flights cuts short the ride, fire the plane up then shut off the motors at the top of the curve allows the brief experience of falling to earth weightless, increasing velocity of the plane however will invite increasing force of air resistance and its acceleration becomes less than yours inside the plane , and you will catch up the plane, ending your ride.

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