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Katy Perry going into orbit

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ssd · 14/04/2025 22:04

Money talks eh. What a load of bollocks. Bunch of millionaires in tight suits going on a ten minute mission with rhe girlfriend of a dodgy billionaire. Girl power my arse.

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WhoAreYouTalkingTo · 15/04/2025 14:48

SantoriniSunrise · 15/04/2025 04:04

It's like they almost went into space but not quite. Just enough to defy gravity.

Done that myself going too fast over a hill when driving an ambulance....

TheCatsTongue · 15/04/2025 14:45

I'm not sure why everyone is so critical, I found it rather inspirational, it has inspired me to find a billionaire and take a ride on his rocket.

KimberleyClark · 15/04/2025 14:42

AnticleaAndLaertes · 15/04/2025 08:50

Classy Hmm

From the BBC
Katy Perry says she feels "super connected to life" and "so connected to love" after landing back on Earth.
We know that the pop star sang a rendition of Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World while in the capsule.
When asked about the importance of her song choice, she said it was "about a collective energy, making space for future women, it's about wonderful world we see out there".
Her daughter, Daisy, was there to see her take part in the mission and was heard saying "mummy, mummy" as she went up.
The singer says the experience came "second to being a mum", which is also why it was a hard decision to take the mission on.

"The highest high. It is a surrender to the unknown," Perry says after landing back on Earth.
Perry says she really enjoyed the flight adding: "I couldn't recommend this experience more." If you have a spare £115k spare.... for 11 minutes
Asked if she will record a song about her experience she says "100%" and that she feels "really connected to that strong, divine feminine right now".

What a load of waffle

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Indeed. "Mission" my arse. Would love to know what Colonel Eileen Collins, first female space shuttle pilot and first female commander of a space shuttle mission, thinks of this!

HRTQueen · 15/04/2025 14:28

BlueEyedBogWitch · 15/04/2025 14:09

Because there was a camera on her.

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Of course was hoping it was for some more profound reason

BlueEyedBogWitch · 15/04/2025 14:09

HRTQueen · 15/04/2025 13:16

Why was Oprah crying that's what I want to know

Because there was a camera on her.

EsmaCannonball · 15/04/2025 14:08

justlonelystars · 15/04/2025 06:35

I think everyone’s missing the point a bit. Yes, to us mature adults, skin tight space suits and lip gloss seem a bit silly. But for young girls, who DO like to look glam at all times, it shows them that they can do science and still be cool. If they all went up looking frumpy and frazzled, most teen girls wouldn’t engage or be interested, they wouldn’t even glance at the news story. This is a way to get them interested in STEM.

I think there are two messages to adolescent and teenage girls:

  1. Study hard, achieve things, write a great novel, travel into space, find the cure for cancer ...... but no-one will actually give a shit unless you are also hot and glamorous and groomed.

  2. Even in space there is no escape from beauty standards.

Even the message of 'Don't worry if you like science. It doesn't mean you are frumpy and the boys will still like you.' is horrible. Why do girls always have to be forced to think about their looks or being evaluated by males?

whatapalarva · 15/04/2025 14:01

Whatafustercluck · 15/04/2025 13:23

To be fair, if you want serious commentary and interviews from Heart, then you're barking up the wrong tree. I think they have actually interviewed Tim Peake and Brian Cox - in the same inane style. Heart is entertainment, not STEM.

I agree re. Dame Maggie. I've met her and she's really lovely, as well as super interesting and intelligent. It was a privilege to meet her.

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True, maybe i'm just irritated by the two presenters!

Galatine · 15/04/2025 13:56

I suspect her career may be flagging and she needs the publicity!

Whatafustercluck · 15/04/2025 13:36

SemperIdem · 15/04/2025 12:38

My favourite bit was her needing to kneel on a mat to kiss the ground.

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To be fair, I feel like doing this every time a plane I'm in lands safely (wouldn't need a mat though). And that's aeroplane travel - incredibly safe. You wouldn't get me in a rocket for all the money in the world!

AngryLikeHades · 15/04/2025 13:24

LobeliaBaggins · 14/04/2025 22:24

Meanwhile Sunita Williams just spent 9 months in space and surprisingly didnt look hot and sexy when she returned. Must not be the right kind of astronaut.

So true.

Whatafustercluck · 15/04/2025 13:23

whatapalarva · 15/04/2025 09:19

I haven't seen the footage but I just listened to Heart Radio talking about it and they had a female trainee Astronaut explaining that they had two days safety training and it literally just went up and back down. Kelly Brook and KJ (?) proceeded to massacre what could have been an informative and interesting interview and it felt like a Saturday morning kids TV show interview.. very embarrassing. I doubt they would have them two interviewing Tim Peake in the same way. It just feels so wrong to have KP plastered all over the news when there are so many interesting and inspirational women they could 'big up' - Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock springs to mind.

To be fair, if you want serious commentary and interviews from Heart, then you're barking up the wrong tree. I think they have actually interviewed Tim Peake and Brian Cox - in the same inane style. Heart is entertainment, not STEM.

I agree re. Dame Maggie. I've met her and she's really lovely, as well as super interesting and intelligent. It was a privilege to meet her.

TheAutumnCrow · 15/04/2025 13:23

SantoriniSunrise · 15/04/2025 04:04

It's like they almost went into space but not quite. Just enough to defy gravity.

Maybe that's what moved them to cosplay Ariana and Cynthia?

Papergirl1968 · 15/04/2025 13:20

FoxedByACat · 15/04/2025 11:20

Best bit was Bezos falling flat on his face outside the capsule!

Yes, that made me lol.
The rest of it was wtf did I just watch?

HRTQueen · 15/04/2025 13:16

Why was Oprah crying that's what I want to know

Nominative · 15/04/2025 13:09

Couleur · 15/04/2025 11:18

Would you do it? Think about it seriously. It isn’t a plane ride. This is jet propulsion fuelled by explosive rocket fuelled engines.

I know I couldn’t. I can’t even go on the most tame of carnival rides.

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But does that make them brave or does it make them foolhardy? You could equally well say that it takes bravery to try to climb a mountain when the weather forecast is bad and you haven't got the right equipment. It does, but no-one admires people who do that.

ShaunaTheDitzySheep · 15/04/2025 12:39

PerkingFaintly · 14/04/2025 22:26

It certainly looked like a load of bollocks, yes.

It did not. No bollocks were visible.

It looked like an entirely bollock-less penis.

It sure did look like a willy

SemperIdem · 15/04/2025 12:38

Annonymiss123 · 14/04/2025 22:32

Just watched it on the BBC News. I had second hand embarrassment when KP exited the capsule and kissed the ground! 🙄

My favourite bit was her needing to kneel on a mat to kiss the ground.

Springhassprungthesunisout · 15/04/2025 12:35

The only upside - no-one could hear her sing! 🎶

wizzywig · 15/04/2025 12:28

BlueEyedBogWitch · 15/04/2025 02:27

And apparently Perry held a daisy up to the sky on disembarking, because her daughter is called Daisy.

Do you have to have your cringe detector removed before you go into space?

Thank you. I was wondering why she was holding that up

Couleur · 15/04/2025 11:25

Nominative · 15/04/2025 08:20

You would be just as dead if a jet engine failed or blew up mid flight, so the bravery involved is more or less the same. Compare it, with, say, people working in hospitals and driving ambulances in Gaza and the Ukraine and I think you can see the difference.

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🙄 Of course, Katy Perry’s bravery in being part of a jet rocket mission is not the same as the bravery of an ambulance driver in Gaza. FGS.

FoxedByACat · 15/04/2025 11:20

Best bit was Bezos falling flat on his face outside the capsule!

Couleur · 15/04/2025 11:18

MonaLisaDoesntSmile · 15/04/2025 08:12

When hat submarine that imploded near Titanic accident happen, did we say that the people in it were 'brave' and 'inspirational'?
When I first heard about amn all female flight into space (as it was reported as such) I imagined this slightly differently. This was just a bunch of tourists shot up in the air and they didnt have to do anything but sit down.
Im sure it was a cool thing to do for them. But I would not call what they did brave.

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Would you do it? Think about it seriously. It isn’t a plane ride. This is jet propulsion fuelled by explosive rocket fuelled engines.

I know I couldn’t. I can’t even go on the most tame of carnival rides.

Ffgeefg · 15/04/2025 11:16

Why is everyone so angry? They paid for it and got to space.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 15/04/2025 11:12

CameraGown · 14/04/2025 22:48

Lost all respect for Katy Perry now

Did you have any in the first place?!

I did see this on the news last night but I also caught the brilliant Maggie Aderin-Pocock interviewed on The One Show, who was the complete antithesis of this shower (scientist not included) intelligent, interesting and funny.

Couleur · 15/04/2025 11:11

WaffleParty · 15/04/2025 08:03

A. Is is brave or stupid if you put yourself at risk for something completely pointless?
B. They’re NOT astronauts!! What an absolute insult to anyone who actually is

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Reading - carefully - is your friend. The second sentence in particular.