Astronaut Katy Perry.......

Quote Marg75 Thu 17-Apr-25 07:05:17
Anniebach I have been shocked as well. It's good to see our younger generation of women using the freedom they now have. We shouldn't mock them. As far as I can see Katie Perry is a very successful singer, a feisty young woman who knows her own mind not some airhead that some on here want to believe. It took a lot of guts to go up into space, I don't think I could have done that even when I was her age.

Marg yes, the criticism has been cruel, even their figures and
hairstyle.

They are not Astronauts any more than flying off on holiday makes you an airline pilot!
How long were they in space?
(11 minutes)
I believe the term is "space tourists"

Why their figures and hairstyle ?

RosieandherMaw yes I think they were Space Tourists

It is the media which has called these women Astronauts

Like I posted up thread, if I was younger, braver and wealthier I would love to go into space, to see our planet from above even if only for 11 minutes, what an experience.

I'm bowing out! Have a nice day

I don’t think the criticisms are per se of the individuals but of the hype surrounding what was after all only commercial trip to the edge of space, as offered by Blue Origin since it began offering crewed flights in 2021. But of course the passengers aren't just anybody, and their tickets aren't cheap.
No what I found underwhelming was the media hype.
The gushing, the earth kissing, the squealing, the “special outfits” (think ABBA on a bad day) the pseudo philosophising word salad , the totally OTT reaction.
Now let’s think of the many “ordinary” but highly intelligent women who work for NASA, the astronauts who truly pushed the boundaries of space, the space station crew trapped for months , those (19 in total) who lost their lives in space missions of the past such as Apollo-1 and those for whom it is, frankly, their day job.
That we even have a thread entitled Astronaut Katy Perry - perhaps more appropriately “Astronaut??? You’re kidding! “

Or Astronut Katy Perry.

Good post, RosieandherMaw 👏👏👏

Good post, RosiesMaw and especially this

Now let’s think of the many “ordinary” but highly intelligent women who work for NASA, the astronauts who truly pushed the boundaries of space, the space station crew trapped for months , those (19 in total) who lost their lives in space missions of the past such as Apollo-1 and those for whom it is, frankly, their day job.

As I have pointed out (though not in quite so much detail as I thought that intelligent posters could work out the difference between these women and space tourists) a couple of times on this thread...

Being space tourists had nothing to do with their figures, hairstyle, one had been married to Russell Brand, they were mocked because they were wealthy females, even accused by one poster of being a harem of a willy waving man.

It was cruel and judging posters intelligence is no different

That we even have a thread entitled Astronaut Katy Perry - perhaps more appropriately “Astronaut??? You’re kidding! “

I do think the heading was intended as irony 🙂

Calling them crew was a big mistake, implying they were somehow qualified as astronauts when they were space tourists/ passengers.

Crew definition:
"a group of people who work on and operate a ship, aircraft, spacecraft etc."

MaizieD thinks this was due to posters intelligence or lack
of it

RosieandherMaw

I don’t think the criticisms are per se of the individuals but of the hype surrounding what was after all only commercial trip to the edge of space, as offered by Blue Origin since it began offering crewed flights in 2021. But of course the passengers aren't just anybody, and their tickets aren't cheap.
No what I found underwhelming was the media hype.
The gushing, the earth kissing, the squealing, the “special outfits” (think ABBA on a bad day) the pseudo philosophising word salad , the totally OTT reaction.
Now let’s think of the many “ordinary” but highly intelligent women who work for NASA, the astronauts who truly pushed the boundaries of space, the space station crew trapped for months , those (19 in total) who lost their lives in space missions of the past such as Apollo-1 and those for whom it is, frankly, their day job.
That we even have a thread entitled Astronaut Katy Perry - perhaps more appropriately “Astronaut??? You’re kidding! “

Agreed, just hype. The title was sarcasm, imo.

Quoting news: "Blue Origin's New Shepard launch vehicle will head to a point 62 miles over the Earth. The New Shepard consists of both a rocket and crew capsule."

"Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, the gum drop-shaped New Shepard launch vehicle is designed to be fully reusable, with a capsule that returns to Earth via three parachutes."

Perhaps crew was a poor word choice - following on crew capsule?

How others spend excess money? No green eyes here. I imagine it was a fantastic experience. No pockets in a shroud.

If one of them had been Meghan Markle I wonder if the endorsements would be so enthusiastic. My objection is not the clothing, hair, whatever, it's the absolute enormous carbon footprint for 11 minutes of fun. We're all being told we need to use resources more responsibly to save the planet.
Anniebach you say MayBee an unnecessary trip into space isn’t a good look ‘?
is a motoring holiday, any holiday necessary? no of course not, but none of those would generate the tiniest fraction of a percentage of the carbon footprint this trip did. I take one long haul flight a year to see my son, dil and grandchildren and am reminded of my carbon footprint. I'm not envious of their wealth and I'm sure it was an incredible experience, but would we really encourage these 'trips' to become perhaps a normal daily occurrence for anybody wealthy enough to afford them? Imagine the damage to the environment that would cause.

Really Rosie51 , all the criticism was attempts to save the planet , waving of a penis and a harem was rather drastic surely?

No, Aniebach
Willy-wavers have always existed and always will. From Henry VIII to Elon Musk via Donald Trump and Jeff Bezos!

You approve , your choice Maw , for me it was vicious verbal
attack on a small group of women,

I just don’t understand why people that have more money than they can ever use in a hundred lifetimes don’t use that money to eg provide clean drinking water for third world countries.

Read my post Anniebach, not on the women themselves but the media circus that surrounds them.

MayBee70

I just don’t understand why people that have more money than they can ever use in a hundred lifetimes don’t use that money to eg provide clean drinking water for third world countries.

We have to think the best of them and hope they do both, Maybee.

However, didn't Jeff Bezos go to court to try to prevent his ex-wife getting a fair divorce settlement because she wanted to give a substantial amount of their money to charity?

MayBee70

I just don’t understand why people that have more money than they can ever use in a hundred lifetimes don’t use that money to eg provide clean drinking water for third world countries.

Bill Gates does.

MayBee70
I just don’t understand why people that have more money than they can ever use in a hundred lifetimes don’t use that money to eg provide clean drinking water for third world countries.

You have to understand everyone’s choices if the choices are not breaking laws ?

Did they evade taxes to acquire that much wealth?

Quote Allira Thu 17-Apr-25 15:37:53
Did they evade taxes to acquire that much wealth?

Women couldn’t earn their wealth , seems they join harems or find a wealthy penis waver ?

GrannyGravy13

M0nica

It was a vanity project by a rich business man, who is filthy rich because he is the sort of man to expect his fiancee and her hen night friends to pay for themselves.

Come on M0nica all the ^space tourist women* are rich in their own right, why oh why shouldn’t they pay for themselves.

anyone on a hen night pays for themselves but they could not have done it without Bezos' rocket and I bet it was his idea.

I think this stunt was one big step back for momen.