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PIX: Usain Bolt toasts zero-gravity with champagne

September 12, 2018 21:26 IST
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IMAGE: Retired sprinter Usain Bolt poses as he enjoys zero gravity conditions during a flight in a specially modified plane above Reims, France. All Photographs: Benoit Tessier/Reuters

Usain Bolt on Wednesday sprinted through thin air and sipped champagne floating on his back as he enjoyed near zero-gravity conditions in the back of an aircraft performing stomach-lurching parabola dives.

 

The eight-time Olympic champion grinned as he experienced weightlessness in a modified plane normally used for scientific research -- but on this occasion to showcase a champagne bottle that will allow astronauts to drink bubbles in space.

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The bottle was designed by champagne-maker Mumm. In time the company hopes to capitalise on the advent of space tourism.

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Billionaires Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon Inc, Richard Branson and Tesla chief executive Elon Musk are locked in a race to send wealthy tourists into suborbital space, high enough to see the curvature of the planet.

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They may want to toast their adventures.

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