What a PR stunt. I hope it doesn’t go wrong for them. I assume it flies on autopilot, does a do-nothing exercise, and returns home without issue.
Reckless imo.
And no, it’s not an insult to women. What is insulting is to believe DEI has no place in this and that they’re all ‘the most qualified’, where no men were discriminated against. The statistics being that this is NOT the most qualified crew and RISK is being allowed into the calculus.
Would the flight still be considered “unmanned” if one of the crew was identifying as a female but had the XY chromosomes?
I don’t know who Katy Perry is.
It’s not a crew, it’s a half dozen self important tourists. Hard pass.
...wondering what could possibly go wrong....
Guess I hadn’t been paying attention, but that rocket looks more like a male member than any others I’ve seen.
Does it have to be a round trip?
Space Nullity (with apologies to David Bowie)
[Instrumental Intro]
[Intro]
Ground Control to Katy Perry
Ground Control to Katy Perry
Take your Denon PerL earbuds out and put your Dolce & Gabbana on
(Ten) Ground Control (Nine) to Katy Perry (Eight, seven)
(Six) Commencing (Five) countdown, engines on
(Four, three, two)
Check ignition (One) and may Gaia's love (Lift off) be with you
[Verse 1]
This is Ground Control to Katy Perry
You've really made the grade
And the influencers want to know choice in twenty-eight
Now it's time to come back home
This is Katy Perry to Ground Control
I'm doing nothing, it’s a boor
And Gayle King’s passing gas in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
[Chorus]
[Instrumental Break]