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https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/blue-origins-all-female-space-flight-was-a-step-backwards-for-feminism/
This trip into space is anything but a boost for feminism or whatever these pampered celebrities choose to focus on. Yes, women can go into space with no limitations – as long as they are rich, famous or happen to be on close terms with a billionaire in this particular case. A Soviet cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova, became the first woman in orbit in 1963 – these self-declared explorers are no Tereshkova. Space travel is supposedly about furthering scientific knowledge and bringing benefits to humanity. This shameless and tawdry publicity stunt does not qualify on either count.
https://archive.ph/Qc98T
Plus, I very much doubt that they were making a meaningful contribution to the flight or science, so they are not astronauts. Did they even have a pilot of board, or was it controlled from the ground?
This trip into space is anything but a boost for feminism or whatever these pampered celebrities choose to focus on. Yes, women can go into space with no limitations – as long as they are rich, famous or happen to be on close terms with a billionaire in this particular case. A Soviet cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova, became the first woman in orbit in 1963 – these self-declared explorers are no Tereshkova. Space travel is supposedly about furthering scientific knowledge and bringing benefits to humanity. This shameless and tawdry publicity stunt does not qualify on either count.
https://archive.ph/Qc98T
Plus, I very much doubt that they were making a meaningful contribution to the flight or science, so they are not astronauts. Did they even have a pilot of board, or was it controlled from the ground?