Blue Origin crew safely back on Earth after all-female space flight

BBC ^ | 4/14 | Maddie Molloy, Victoria Gill

[telescope115]

Someone this morning called Blue Origin a carnival ride compared to what SpaceX is doing. I agree, but I will call it a rich liberal carnival ride.

Maybe I’m wrong, but I doubt we’ll be seeing any right-leaning personalities taking that ride.

Anyone think Bezos would allow it?

[Svartalfiar]

Also, 11 minutes, why would this even be considered "space" by any realistic definition?

Probably because the von Karmen line (the most commonly accepted definition of where space starts), is a measure of distance, not time?

[minnesota_bound]

They applied makeup while in orbit. Commercials will be seen soon.

[dancusa]

Eileen Collins had more astronaut skill in her pinky than this group.

Eileen Collins is renowned for being the first American woman to pilot and command a space shuttle. She made history as the first female shuttle pilot on STS-63 in 1995 and later became the first female shuttle commander on STS-93 in 1999. Her career included four spaceflights, totaling over 872 hours in space.

[pnz1]

They really do!

[GOPJ]

LOL good one!

[xp38]

11 minutes total flight time and a just a few moments of weightlessness qualifies as a quickie by my estimation.

[volare737]

So when is he going to send up an all black crew? (rolling eyes).
Or the first all trans crew?

[volare737]

I guess the first all gay crew is next.

[reg45]

Astro nots. They didn’t even achieve a single orbit.

[DAC21]

“You can bet that the actual crew weren’t allowing Katy anywhere near the controls”

Well maybe the barf bag deployment control. She was made Commander for that process.