Wanna bop around the inside of a padded airplane while experiencing zero gravity in 30-second intervals while the plane repeatedly does parabolic dives? Sure you do. Best of all, Symantec is paying for it and running a contest to select two lucky TechCrunch or CrunchGear readers to go on a Zero G flight on February 21, 2009. The winners will also be entered into another contest for a future flight in a suborbital vehicle that will actually go into space.
If you want to see what a Zero G flight is like, check out these videos of CrunchGear’s Peter Ha floating around on a flight earlier this year.
Come on, you know it’s what you want for Christmas. (Sorry, the contest is only open to U.S. residents 18 and older. We don’t make the rules).
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Yes, I want it!
Yes… Yeah
http://tinyurl.com/4rdhmc
No, I want it more.
oh let me think…DAM YES
Me, me, pick me… I’m definitely up for that.
I’m up for it
So what are the chances of winning? how many readers in total?
Can’t wait to see this one blogged about, no matter who wins it! Wonder what the dollar value of this prize is. Thanks for writing to offer this to your readers, Erick!
dollar value is about $7,500
Me too!
ELIGIBILITY: Open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia
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I’d love to go, and get video to show my kids.
That’s all I want for the next three christmases!
Contest seems to be a bit shady. According to the official rules:
“Complete the Official On-line Entry Form on the Web Site, with all information requested, including the name, address, home phone number, and e-mail address, and date of birth of the entrant (“Entrant”) In order for entry to be valid, entrants must complete all required information and click on the “I accept” button on the Web Site.”
There is no “date of birth” field on the entry form. All entries are invalid.
This is the first time I’ve ever been enticed enough to provide my information through one of these things. The spam will be worth it just to have the chance to ride the vomit comet.
dollar value is $7500 according to the sweepstakes rules…very very exciting…techcrunch has about 1.5million unique visitors…so even if only 1% of all the visitors to this site actually take the time to sign up, competition remains tough at about 150k total participants! good luck
1% would be 15k :P…. still not an easy win
i wanna go there!
God! If I win, I promise to give my 2 cents less often!
my bday is on 2/21, so this will be a GREAT bday gift.
thanks, techcrunch!!!
Count me in!!
Thanks Techcrunch. Being in the field of assistive technology, I go through techcrunch blogs for product reviews and news very often and i must honestly admit that this is the first time I supplied my information for online contests without a second thought. Zero G or suborbital trip? Hell yeh!! I am in.
My dream coming true…………..
I’m signed up! Wow that would be amazing. Somehow, my 5 year old son already knows about these types of flights. He told me he wanted one for Xmas. How’d he know about them?
Yes please!
Hell yeah I want to. Wait, does this mean I have to install a Norton product on my computer?
Nevermind, I’ll wait…
Could I get a ruling on this:
Contest rules mention one entry per day, but is this TechCrunch contest separate from their generic, open-to-all contest here:
http://nortontoday.symantec.co...../index.php
In other words, do I get one entry per day between both contests, or only one entry per day for all of the Norton Blast Off contests?
Jason, Yes I want it if you’re coming with me on the plane. I guess I’ll have to become Us citizen first … shouldn’t be that hard after surviving the move to Canada
Sign Me up!
Can you say Awesome?
I want to win!!! Maybe space would solve my back problems?
isn’t myspace actually making money?
I just read the official rules and this is what it says about the Subortital flight prize.
“Suborbital Flight Drawing: Winners will each receive the opportunity to submit one (1) entry into a drawing for a chance to win a suborbital flight that will depart at a date and time and from a location to be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Suborbital Flight Drawing will be conducted exclusively in the United States on or about February 21, 2008.”
Am I hallucinating or is the date of the drawing already over.
Nice mispelling there tard. It’s suborBital. You cant even spell right and your correcting lawyer speak Asad?
Had to say it before it was said.
Blah only for Americans… not fair
I just subscribed to this blog after kinda forgetting about it for a couple years…coincidence? I think not. I win.
how do you win?
oh whoa, now this is WAAAY better than 6K in HP junk! I wanna go zero G gdaddy!
Screw Sandisk, the world doesn’t stop at the US border.
Who could resist that!
As a teacher this would be awesome!
Hey guys, I cant name myself here, but I have won this competition and I would just like to express how happy I am about this opportunity. Now, I am not is the USA so my total prize package is well well over $10000USD. Now the major thing is there is an opportunity for the competition winners around the world to win a Sub-Orbital flight!! That is extreme!! I would guess there is a one in say 20-30 chance to win this apart from the actual prize itself. Thats unbelievable, I hope you guys wish me luck and I will post some photos of the flight after its done!!