Kate Upton Defies Gravity In Amazing Sports Illustrated Spread (Zero G / In Space)

[big_dog]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Skinner (a host of the General Discussion forum).

To celebrate Sports Illustrated's 50th Swimsuit Issue, Kate Upton was part of a pretty incredible photo shoot -- one that required her to experience zero gravity. According to a press release, the shoot went down at the Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, Florida.

The sexy supermodel and the Sports Illustrated crew performed a series of 17 parabolas -- including "13 zero gravity and four replicating lunar gravity" on a Boeing-727 known as the G-FORCE ONE.

While there's clearly a lot of science involved here that we won't try to understand, the final product is pretty impressive, with the magazine doing a whole spread of a weightless Kate floating around in a gold bikini.

The video from the shoot is equally amazing. This was definitely a difficult (but totally fun) spread to pull off -- and seeing the entire crew of photographers fly around with her is so cool.

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#t=41 http://www.toofab.com/2014/02/18/kate-upton-zero-gravity-sports-illustrated-swimsuit/

[Lost_Count]

1. Blocked...!

Off to the mobile...

[TheMathieu]

2. K&R... for science! nt

[dipsydoodle]

5. lol

[big_dog]

6. one small step for woman....one giant leap for mankind k&r!!

[The Straight Story]

13. Anyone who doesn't think modeling takes talent

should watch the video.

Of course they should say 50 hail misogyny's when done and pray to the goddess to rescue her from the job she chose to do and that her spirit will be enlightened. She should be in a business suit in a cubicle for the cause. Not out having fun, smiling, making money.

She is doing something I wouldn't do, therefore it must be bad in some way.

[The Straight Story]

3. That poor, poor woman

I will send her a tweet and let her know we are all saddened by this.

Thanks for posting this and alerting us to her plight. If we can all chip in we can get her a nice burka and send it to her.

[aikoaiko]

4. Boom.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

7. Uh...

[Blue_Tires]

8. How many more things will Futurama correctly predict?

[wheniwasincongress]

9. In her Vanity Fair interview

She declined to say whether she supported gay marriage or not. I think I know the answer too!

[RBStevens]

11. Who is Kate Upton? Is she an athlete?

Or a bikini model or what?

[big_dog]

16. shes one of the hottest super models on the planet right now

[RBStevens]

17. Oh okay. Thanks.

Don't keep up with that sort of stuff.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

23. She's from my area as well...

Brevard County, FL.

[cali]

12. DU is reminding me more and more of Freeperville.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

14. sad that this post is here. I agree.

[DLevine]

21. Yes, very much so. Rush would be proud. nt

[11 Bravo]

30. I believe Rush prefers adolescent Domninican boys.

[hlthe2b]

24. Indeed...

What, did Penthouse Forums close down?

[Bobbie Jo]

25. +1

by the day.

[demmiblue]

15. Obvious trolling. n/t

[Vashta Nerada]

18. .

[Comrade Grumpy]

19. This seems more appropriate for the Lounge.

[Upton]

20. Holy Dworkin!

Thats a one spicy science lesson..

[Rosco T.]

22. heh heh, G-FORCE ONE

guess that sounds better than Vomit Comet

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. nother for the trash bin

[KoKo]

29. Definitely...sigh...

[Blue_Adept]

27. Definitely lounge material.

I'm certainly not against the post - it's actually got some interesting videos for those that had never seen how such things are done - but it's not a general discussion topic.

If only people could post a bit more smartly in the areas they choose. Or moderators to move things when they don't belong.

[Warren DeMontague]

28. Wow.

I would completely do the Vomit Comet, if I had the chance.

Pretty amazing.

Also, and this has NOTHING to do with the topic at hand, of course... one of these days people are going to be having sex in zero G. That'll be weird.

[one_voice]

31. It looks like fun...

I would also do it if I had the chance.

[Warren DeMontague]

33. Totally.

But then, I like that part of the roller coaster with the drop, too. It's an acquired taste.

[Blue_Adept]

35. Saw this in relation to that

Since I was hoping for some sort of actual scientific paper or experiments about what it would be like;

http://scienceblogs.com/purepedantry/2006/09/29/best-article-ever-space-sex/

[Warren DeMontague]

36. My immediate, off the top of my head thought on the matter is

that the first thing you would want is something to brace yourselves against.

[CFLDem]

32. Daaaamn

[KittyWampus]

34. wasn't this an episode of America's Next Top Model?

[Common Sense Party]

37. Not sexy. I'm a red-blooded ape American, and I like bikini pics as much as the next guy

but this is more my speed:

[Skinner]

38. If you want to discuss the issues related to the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue...

...then you are welcome to do so in GD.

We like give members some leeway to post a wide variety of topics here. But I don't think videos of Kate Upton in zero-G are on-topic for the General Discussion forum.