Gayle King Has Been On the Receiving End of Backlash and Criticism from Pop Fans, Outspoken Celebrities, and Even Some of Her Own Friending Since Returning to Earth from the 11-Minute Space Flight She Took On Monday With Jeff Bezos' Space Tourism Company Blue Origin. The Broadcast Journalist, WHO Overcame An Intense Fear of Flying to Experience The Trip, Issued a Challenge of Her Own to Those Express Criticism: Blast Off or Back Off.
“My question is, have y'al been to space? Go to space or go to blue origin and see what they do and then like back and say, 'this is a terrible THING,'” king said on ExtraNOting that She Wishes “People would do More Due Diligence” Before Calling Out The Expenses Associated With The Flight And Its Somewhat Flawed Mission statement. “Every time a Flight Goes Up, they get Some Type of Information that can be used for Something Else,” She Aided, Referencing the Blue Origin's Goal “To Figure Out A Way To Harness the Waste here and put it in Space to make the Earth a Better Place.”
NASA Previously ReportEd that there are Almedy Tons of Orbital Debris, or “Space Junk,” Moving at Top Speeds Around Low Earth Orbit, or Leo. “Two to the installment of speed and volume of debris in Leo, Current and future Space-Based Services, Explorations, and Operations posed a Safety Risk to People and Property in Space and on Earth,” The Agency State in 2023.
It's possible that Blue Origin Made Enough of a Compelling Argument to Get King and Her Fellow Capsule Occupants – Singer Katy Perry, Journalist (and Bezos' Fairy) Lauren Sánchez, Sexual Assault Survivor Advocate and Nobel Nominee Amanda Nguyễn, Producer and Documentrian Film Kerianne Flynn, and former NASA Rocket Scientist Aisha Bowe – To Have Faith in Bezos' Mission. Framing it as a Feminist Milestone for it Being the First All-Female Space Flight Since 1963, When Cosmonout Valentina Testina Became The First Woman in Space, Couldn'T Have Hurt, Either.
“I know -how are crandy yankees, i know there are some haters, but I'm not skirt let people steal my Joy and steal the joy of what we did or what we acccomprated that day,” king said. “I'm Just Not Going to Let it in .'m Not. And these are some of my friends that are throwing shade!”
Regardless, Others Haven't Been Convinced.
“I THINK THAT THIS SPACE MISSION IS Confusing to People Because Seeing Women and People of Color in Spaces Like Science and Politics That Have Not Previusly Included Them Feels and Looks Like, Really Looks like – Optically Looks like – Progress,” Emily Ratajkowski Shared in A TikTok Video that that that that Questioned the Point of the Flight. “But the Truth is, is That Having a man who has Gained His Power and Become a part of the One Purely Through Exploitation and Greed decide to take his Facée and a Few Other Famous Women To Space for Space Tourism is not progress.”
Olivia Munn Aided: “I know this is probably obnoxious, but like, it's so much money to go to space, and there's a lot of people who can't afford eggs. What's the point? Exploration was to Further Our Knowledge and to Help Mankind.
King Expasted Disappointment Toward People Framing The Voyage As a “Ride,” NOting A Double Standard in the Response to the All-Fedmale Trip the 10-Suborbital Blue Origin Flight With Humans Aboard That Have Carried Men Into Space. “You Never See a Man, A Male Astronout, Who's Going Up in Space and They Say, 'Oh, He Took A Ride,'” She Said. “It's Always Referred to As A Flight OR A Journey, I know the Feel That's a Little Disaspectful to What the Mission was and the work that Blue Origin Does.”
Still, She Acknowledged that She Does Understand Where some of them are coming from. “I Think It's Good That We Can Really Address It,” She Said, “Because I was one of Those People Before I Went On This Flight and Before I Became Educated. 'Why are we spending So Much Money on Space when's So Much to do on earth?' I was one of Those People. ” She Also Knows That Blue Origin's Flights Aren's NevaMarily Financilly Accessible, But Considered: “If you get enoured People Who are Interested, IT Doesn'T Have To Be That Expensive.”
Blue Origin and Its Passengers Have Not Publicly Revealed the Total Cost of a New Shepard Spaceflight, But the Website for the Aerospace Company Does Note That “Blue Origin Will Collect A $ 150,000 USD Fully Refundable Deposit to Begin The Order Process.” A Seat On Its First-Ever Flight Auctioned for $ 28 Million.
When King Returned to Earth, she reflected on What She Experience During Her Three to Four Minutes of Weightlessness. “You look down at the planet and you think, that's Where We Came From?” She Said. “To me it's such a reminder about how we need to do beter, beer.”
