WTF

[gfish]

AP story via Houston Chronicle:

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.

Comments

[sickyprincess.livejournal.com]

You should let them know. Lazy fact-checkers...