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AP story via Houston Chronicle:
AP story via CNN:
I particularly like how the CNN version adds the metric conversion to look extra accurate while in fact being completely wrong about the basic physics of the situation.
She will spend two hours on a modified Boeing 727 jet, which will soar six miles above the Earth before dropping, giving about a half-minute of weightlessness with each cycle.
AP story via CNN:
She will spend two hours on a modified Boeing aircraft, which will soar 6 miles (10 kilometers) above the earth before dropping, giving several minutes of weightlessness with each cycle.
I particularly like how the CNN version adds the metric conversion to look extra accurate while in fact being completely wrong about the basic physics of the situation.