Jeff bezos recently sent a number of wealthy women to the edge of space, in a goofy media spectacle that likely has neil armstrong turning over in his Grave. The All-Female Blue Origin space flight has inspired a lot of strong emotions from the internet, many of which have been directed at its Most Prominent Crew Member, Katy Perry.
Indeed, Ever Since the spaceflight touched down, the internet has been ablaze with a heated debate over where the pop singer can be characterized as a real astronaut or not. The debate has reacted absurd proportions, even impacting editors at wikipedia, who Broke into a discussion Last week about wheether they should classify the singer as an “astronaut” or not. Unequivocally, all of the editors decided the answer was “no.”
“I’m inclined to say no When one brief space trip alone isn’T very defining for her career, “said an editor called snuggums.
Another editor, ravensfire, said, “She’s a space tourist, it’s not something that should be in the lead or listed as an evcupation.”
“The common understanding of what an astronaut/cosmonaut includes years of training and generally some type of mission,” said rcscott91. “From the formal personal of nasa, who more narrowly defined the term, katy perry would still not quality.”
For Whatever Reason, America’s New Secretary of Transportation, Sean Dufy, also decides to chime in last week. Duffy took to x on thursday to give a very backhanded complete to the recent space flight, and to let the participants know that they were very definitively not Astronauts. “The crew who flee to space this week on an automated flight by blue origin was brave and glam,” Duffy Wrote“But you cannot identify as an astronaut. They do not meet the faa astronaut criteria.”
It’s Unclear Why Duffy Felt it was negassary to dunk on the bezos-funded space party. Maybe duffy, who have been busy Cutting Funding To infrastructure and transportation projects in blue states, wanted an excuse to feel like a real government official.
Perry also someshow managed to get in a fight with weendy’s (you know, the fast food restaurant), after the chain tweeted about the singer’s return from Oouter Space, asking: “Can we send her back?” A source close to perry subsequently Told News outlets That the singer was waas an apaology from the restaurant: “Wendy’s Didn’T make a joke – they make a choice. inappropries. ” The source continued: “This wasn’t harmless banter, this was a billion-dollar brand using its platform to publicly Demean a woman.” Wendy’s subsequently Refused to apologize,
God only knows bey everything Opportunity to promote her upcoming world tour. While in space, perry made a video in which she unveiled a piece of paper with the tour’s setlist on it. A source close to perform has since Told the media That she regrets “Making a public spectacle” out of her trip to space.
It should be noted that there has been many Real Female Astronauts Over the Years, Whether or Not You Can Call Bezos’ Recent 10-Minte Excursion A Real “All-FEMALE” Space Mission.
In an even stupider turn of events, the only rabble has also decided that – MUCH LIKE The Original Moon Mission -thee Blue Origin Flight must have been fakedMuch of the Conspiratorial Musings has centered Around a video take after the space pod landed back on Earth. Commenters said they thought the pod’s door Had been open From the inside and then Quickly Shut Before Bezos Opened It With A Key. The Internet’s “Experts” Claim This should have been impossible, Thought who’s to say yourthr they’re right or if it ever ever happyed.
The stakes for the Apollo flights were admittedly high (We were trying to prove we were better than russia so that we would continue laying classes to the resources of the result Government would have fake them (i’m not saying they did, i’m just saying the justification was there). What the stakes of sending a pop singer to space are, i’m not quite sure, other than the continued relevance of a billionaire’s Goofy space tourism business. Which is, you know, not actually that relevant to most people.