Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez applaud those who criticized them for taking part in the all-women’s Blue Origin NS-13 mission.
The star-studded team of women, including Katy Perry, civil rights activist Amanda Nuguen, former Nasa engineer Aisha Boue and film producer Kellianne Flynn, became the first all-female crew since Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Telesikova made a solo flight in 1963.
However, celebrities like Amy Schumer, Olivia Wilde and Olivia Munn seemed happy that women were taking part in the historical space mission and publicly known their views.
The 70-year-old King tackled the criticism hours later after 11 minutes of success in space.
“Anyone who criticizes that they don’t really understand what’s going on here,” the journalist said. people.
“We can all talk about the reactions we’ve got from young girls, young girls, about what this represents.”
The fiance of Blue Origin founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos also responded to some of those criticisms shortly after its release, saying that she was more “dismissed.”
“I’m really fired. I want to see the thousands of employees who have come to blue origins and not only work here, they’re also putting their hearts and souls in this vehicle,” Sanchez, 55, told the outlet.
“They love their work, they love their mission, and that’s a big deal for them.
“So when I hear such a comment, I just trust me. Come with me. It shows what this is. It’s really eye-opening.”
Earlier this month, the 44-year-old Man was called the mission “Big Eater” during an episode of the film. “Today, with Jenna and a friend.”
“I know this is probably not cool, but there are so many things in the world right now that are very important. What do you do in space? What are you doing there?” Mann asked.
“If you want to go to space, why do you know that you need to tell us about it?
Schumer, 43, also delved into an all-female space crew.
“Guys, in the end, they added me to space and I’m going to space,” the comedian joked. Instagram Release date video.
“I have this thing. It doesn’t make sense to me, but it’s in my bag, I was on the subway, I got the text, and they say, ‘Do you want to go to space?” So I go to space. ”
Wilde, 44, took him to Instagram to sprint fun at Bezos, who is drawing bills for the outrageous costs of the mission.
“The billion dollars bought some good memes I would speculate,” she wrote in her story.
Blue Origin’s new Shepard 31 was launched at 9:30am from the company’s West Texas base and carried an entire six-person crew.
Like previous space tourism missions, Blue Origin designed a special insignia for women’s space suits, featuring winks on all names and their work and ambitions.
Women’s trip marks the 11th human flight of the new Shepherd.
