Space Case

January, 2005

"Just jump up, reach out with your arms, and fly," says Peter Diamandis. "That's how Superman does it." Such words normally earn the speaker a psych consult, but when Diamandis says them he is floating five feet off the ground, which lends him a bit of credibility. Dedicated to space exploration, the 43-year-old "astropreneur" has launched two future-forward ventures: Zero Gravity Corporation, which offers high-altitude flights in converted 727s that let passengers...