I assume they paid - their money, their voyage.
I hadn't heard of these women, but I read about them. Interesting group.
Aisha Bowe, a former NASA rocket scientist, CEO of engineering firm STEMBoard and founder of LINGO, which teaches students technology skills.
Amanda Nguyen, a prominent civil rights activist and bioastronautics research scientist who worked on the last NASA space shuttle mission, STS-135, and the U.S. space agency's exoplanet-hunting Kepler space telescope.
Gayle King, a journalist and television personality best known as a co-host of "CBS Mornings."
Katy Perry, a pop music artist and former host of "American Idol."
Kerianne Flynn, a film producer known for her contributions to "This Changes Everything," a 2018 documentary about sexism in Hollywood.
Lauren Sánchez, an Emmy Award-winning journalist who is the fiancée of Amazon's Bezos.