Katy Perry going into orbit

Besides the fact that Blue Origin's intent is space tourism, no one seems to mention it's the first time an all woman crew went into space. 🤦‍♀️

Well it's their money.

As long as they wanted to do it and had a lovely time, who really cares.

No one has to read about it or watch it.

Seems like a lot of the venom is because they are women.

So, a woman all dolled up can't be smart; can't be interested in science? Jeezus, now who's upholding the stereotype? 🙄🤦‍♀️

Was discussing this at my sewing group just now. 6 ordinary middle-aged women, all completely disgusted by this.

Yes!!! She is incredible and so passionate about the subject - and so enthusiastic about passing knowledge and interest onto the next generation.

It's such a shame that many of our young girls probably won't ever have heard of the professor (through no fault of their own). She's absolutely the kind of aspirational role model that we all should be applauding.

🤦‍♀️ have I actually just read that it was virtually a hen do. FGS.

@SpidersAreShitheads 🙏, I loved CH’s posts yesterday, particularly ‘an 11 min flight 100km up does not make you an astronaut’. She is a legend.

I don't know about this and if I can get through the week without finding out I will be very pleased

Not sour grapes at all.

To call it anything other than millionaire space tourism without a care for the climate is disingenuous.

There’s no #girl power STEM here. It could have been a millionaire hen do.

The Astronomer Royal for Scotland has also been very critical. You think she’s jealous too? 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

Maybe, and here’s a wild thought, women are sick of only being valued when they’re pleasing to the male gaze, and would prefer to see intelligent women with an authentic interest in STEM being given the opportunity to visit the edge of space.

Sounds like a lot of sour grapes on this thread...🤔

She's actually an asstronaut.
So much more impressive

I got it! Thank you for the giggle.
Though I laughed more when Bezos fell in the hole - should have gone to Specsavers. Actually, thinking about his eyesight could explain a lot. 😁

Bring on the Vogons

She kissed the ground and she liked it...

There is absolutely no evidence that this trip was designed to inform NASA or contribute directly to scientific research, it was very clearly a commercial space tourism trip.

I for one respect astronaut Katy Perry.

Really? A load of middle aged (Perry is 40) surgically enhanced women squeezed into fancy dress costumes doing something just because they can afford it is the way to get young girls interested in STEM subjects? How insulting to them to assume that this is the only way to enage their intelligence and ambition. Do you genuinely believe that all girls and young women think solely about their appearance when considering what to study?

Governments don't have the money to explore space. Of course billionaires will and look to create space travel for profit. It doesn't mean science can't learn from it.

A colleague (also a scientist who can't bear to watch the footage) I met earlier irl brought it up. I might have changed my mind, I think it probably was science in action 🙃.

💡...a real-life experiment to see what happens to fillers in 'space' Did they puff up, shrink, or stay the same? Maybe that's what you saw @HarshHimalayanWinter the effect of zero gravity on fillers. We need a clown emoji!

Women in STEM my arse indeed.

Showing my age, but oh, gosh, how it differs from Christa McAuliffe, it is her I think of when I imagine a female astronaut. But on the other hand, those were real astronauts, these are modern day space travellers. The world changes.

I heard her say something about it being fate and I thought fucking bollocks, if fate was true, why the hell would you get to live your dream life, singing a few songs, getting adored and paid millions for it? whilst billions of other people haven’t even got access to clean water.

Who decided you were worthy of a fantastic life and they weren’t?! Fate my arse! You were simply born lucky you silly woman, fate has fuck all to do with it.

In the not so distant past, rich business people used to spend money on "worthy causes" like libraries and other public works to raise their standing within their communities.

Now they blow it all on quick trips up to almost space whilst still parroting their green credentials. Utter bollocks really isnt it. This flight cost a couple of million. just think what my local food bank could have done with that.

Am I the only one who thinks they all looked so much better during the zero gravity footage? It took years off them and and also sort of corrected some of the wonky look several of them have in earth gravity. Like zero gravity is actually the best face lift you can get. Someone should make and market the ‘zero gravity face lift’. Gayle was the only one who came across well in the post interview I think - Katy and Bezo’s GF were just too cringe,

Doing my best to ignore this utterly vain and wasteful piece of ego driven stupidity especially given that it has happened in the US which is on the brink of authoritarian rule. Is this meant to distract all the millions who will soon be experincing real ecomomic hardship?