The following is supposedly a true story. To be included, besides
being true, the story is most likely strange, weird, surprising, or
funny.
Moscow, Russia:
First it was a flight in a MiG fighter jet. Then 30 seconds of
weightlessness in a cosmonaut-training device.
Soon thrill-seeking tourists may be able to ride in a Russian
submarine, tank or missile ship.
Pressed for money and burdened with surplus weaponry since the end of
the Cold War, Russia is pioneering a new fad: military tourism.
The only requirements are a taste for adventure and plenty of cash.
As the plane goes into a dive from 30,000 feet, passengers in its
padded zero-gravity chamber suddenly rise from the aircraft's floor.
The price for floating free for half a minute: $4,000.
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