How did the vomit comet get its name?

Answer 1

The "Vomit Comet" is a nickname for the Zero Gravity Corporation's Boeing 727 aircraft, which creates weightlessness through parabolic flights. It got its name due to the intense forces and motion sickness experienced by some passengers during the flights, leading to occasional vomiting

Answer 2

The name is given to any airplane that's flown in an up-and-down path to provide brief periods of weightlessness. For many people, their first exposure causes disorientation and dizziness, leading to nausea.

Originally weightlessness flights were only a part of training people for space travel. Today they're used for other scientific experiments and, if you have the money to pay for it, as a kind of thrill ride.

Answer 3

The "vomit comet" got its name due to the weightless or microgravity environment it creates during parabolic flight maneuvers. The experience can induce motion sickness in passengers, leading to the term "vomit comet."