I do, Houston ....over...

Dear Congressman,

It appears some of our fellow Americans are so obsessed with space travel that they can't carry out one of the biggest events in their lives without including some aspect of it.

So here's to Noah Fulmor and Erin Finnegan. Last month they decided that since they had both wanted to be astronauts since they were little that they would get married in an aircraft configured to simulate zero gravity. They even had a former astronaut, Richard Garriot, perform the 8 minute ceremony that occurred in 30 second segments, necessitated by the parabolic arc maneuver the plane had to fly to create a zero gravity simulation.

Whereas I commend Noah and Erin for their creativity and energy in performing such a marriage, I have to give them negative marks for the commitment to the comfort of their wedding guests.

In case you are unfamiliar with this type of flight, the plane used by NASA for zero gravity training is lovingly referred to as the "vomit comet". Zero gravity might be fun, but many people suffer from that wonderful sensation of motion sickness when subjected to zero gravity, sometimes quite quickly and quite violently.

So hopefully all the wedding guests were briefed ahead of time, as this might have been the first wedding in history that when the congregation is asked if there is anyone who has reason why the couple should not be married, the consensus response is mass regurgitation.

Oh yeah... I would be real careful with that first kiss too.....