Katy Perry to take a ride on Blue Origin

[at Quark's]

You'd think Bezos would love any and all publicity for his rockets but you can't even find a decent model kit of Blue Origin, not that I want a penis rocket on my shelf but just saying.

'Penis-shaped object takes Kate Perry to heaven and back'.

I'm not inprinciple against space tourism. If some rich twat with more money than sense wants to spend a few million for a few fun minutes in a rocket then meh.

Just don't try and pass it off as courageous and boundary pushing.

I'm a bit torn about the idea. On the one hand, I think it's part of the logical evolution of space travel, that after the exploration phase there must come a phase of making it economically accessible to a larger group. And if funnelling money this way into space travel ultimately finds its way into research into cheaper, more economically viable methods of space travel I'd think that's a good thing.

On the other hand, each 'unnecessary' space launch still takes a heavy toll on the environment.

Can't really get too worked up about the bragging of rich people they're 'astronauts' now. Every sane person knows that they're not remotely in the same league as those true NASA astronauts and Russian cosmonauts, and appropriation and 'devaluation' of titles that by older right were only applied to a class 'above' the new usage has always been a phenomenon throughout history. Being a 'manager' today doesn't nearly mean as much as it probably did a hundred years ago, for example.

 

[Sam_I_Am]

Valentina Tereshkova's was the first all-woman flight to space though. It was a solo flight, but that counts.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Valentina Tereshkova's was the first all-woman flight to space though. It was a solo flight, but that counts.

Plus she would have actually had to fly her craft so she's also a proper astronaut /s

 

[Daedalus]

This is true. Vostok missions were controlled primarily by ground stations and automated systems, but Tereshkova was given a sealed envelope with override codes to unlock manual controls. What really should differentiate 'Astronaut' from 'passenger' is the capacity to "take her in manually", as it were.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

None of these people can ever again preach to the rest of the world about recycling, climate change or saving the planet.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

None of these people can ever again preach to the rest of the world about recycling, climate change or saving the planet.

Bingo!!!!!!!!!!

Exactly.... They took a very wasteful ride on a chemical rocket spewing tons and tons into the air. How dare they preach about anything green after that.

 

[publiusr]

Same here

Sen. Kelly Loses ‘Climate Crisis’ Credibility With Gas-Powered SUV – Arizona Daily Independent

arizonadailyindependent.com

And I like Kelly—Harris should have picked him. New Shepard—like the SLS core block—only has water exhaust.

One of the things I have noticed is how even aerospace is politicized now.

The left went after automakers who flew to DC to testify…the right fussing about Clinton and Air Force One. Flight is actually a greener form of transportation. 100 people each driving a Prius coast-to-cost would likely need more fuel.

Hell, it was Earthrise that helped start ecological outlooks. You can’t have an overview effect if there is no overview.

I want the leaders of India and Pakistan to fly in New Shepard..but launched at their subcontinent so they would see how silly their feud is when seen from above.

Spaceflight should be a requirement of officeholding.

To paraphrase:

If even one girl is encouraged to get in the stem field—then the flight was worth it:

The Space Review: “A bonafide frigging flight”: How NS-31 broke spaceflight norms and created an online uproar

 

[FredH]

You know — people understandably scoff about Katy Perry with the dandelion in space, so why did they mostly not scoff about Shatner in space? Just because he played Kirk?

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

You know — people understandably scoff about Katy Perry with the dandelion in space, so why did they mostly not scoff about Shatner in space? Just because he played Kirk?

I would have felt the same way about that one too but to his credit I don't think Shatner made a huge song and dance about it.

 

[FredH]

I would have felt the same way about that one too but to his credit I don't think Shatner made a huge song and dance about it.

True, though others certainly made one about him, with the documentary and whatnot, which I guess was inevitable. And of course Bezos had to have been thinking of it as publicity.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

True, though others certainly made one about him, with the documentary and whatnot, which I guess was inevitable. And of course Bezos had to have been thinking of it as publicity.

Oh most definitely