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2. Indoor Skydiving, Wind Tunnels
30:44If you want to know what are those wind tunnels where you can experience a skydiving free-falling sensation, not in the sky but on the ground, tune in. Aoife Henshaw is a normal person, she lives in Ireland, has a 9-to-5 job and she is a mother of two children, but ... she is also a professional skydiver and a member of the Irish All-Female Skydiving team "FreeBurds". She has spent dozens and dozens of hours in various wind tunnels preparing for competitions and improving her flying skills. In this episode Aoife will explain what is indoor skydiving and how it relates to the sky version.
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1. Skydiving, Wingsuits & World Records
42:04David and Stephen Duffy are brothers. They live in Ireland and have normal jobs, families, friends. At the same time they are probably the most experienced skydivers in Ireland in one particular skydiving discipline: wing-suiting. Between them they have multiple gold, silver and bronze medals from various international skydiving competitions and hold several World Records. If you want to learn more about skydiving, wing-suiting, world records and how one day YOU can do all of that, you should listen to this episode.
6. iDare Space Travel
30:04iDare Space Travel Limited is Ireland's first space tourism travel consultancy. Mikhail Baskov, the company's founder and CEO talks about the business model, company's plans and mission.5. Suborbital Space Flights
31:49Flying to space is possible today. You just need to book your mission with Blue Origin or Virgin Galactic.Ron Rosano has both such flights booked and in several years he will see Earth from above in her full beauty.He is sharing his plans, training experiences, and deep thoughts about space and future in this podcast episodes.We are discussing suborbital flights, when you can go as high as 90-100 km, experience g-forces and weightlessness, and your memories will last lifetime.4. Commercial stratospheric balloons - An opportunity to touch space
35:48You will be able to see our blue planet Earth below; black skies, bright stars and the Sun will be above. You will be in a space-rated capsule, in the vacuum of space. You will have 2 hours to enjoy the view from 36 km. Your flight will be slow and gentle. It will cost much less than a flight to orbit or a space station. Your spaceship will be carried by a stratospheric balloon.Our guest, Jose Mariano Lopez Urdiales, the Founder and CEO of Zero 2 Infinity company, spent many years launching high-altitude stratospheric balloons. He had studied at MIT and International Space University; has worked at Boeing and European Space Agency. For the last 13 years he is developing the project of lifting tourists beyond Earth's atmosphere, to see space with their own eyes.3. Zero-g flights - imitating weightlessness, g-force, Mars & Moon gravity
35:21Did you know you could experience real weightlessness here on Earth? Exactly the same type as on board of the International Space Station.Our guest, Dr. Kirby Runyon, a planetary geologist and a zero-g coach, who himself had spent an hour in weightlessness, is talking about how and where it can be done, how much it costs, how safe it is, and why your jumpsuit patch is upside down before your first zero-g flight.2. Skydiving over Ireland - here's what you need to know
38:12If you want to get close to the stars, but outer space just doesn't seem achievable, you might want to consider skydiving.It surprising how many variouriations of skydiving are available right here, and how safe and affordable these options are. Our host Mikhail, an experienced skydiver, takes us through the cost, locations, safety measures, training and options for local budding skydivers.This is the place to start if you are considering a high-altitude adventure.