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In Space, No One Can Hear You Girlboss
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| 4/14/2025
| Vrinda Jagota
Posted on 04/17/2025 6:21:07 AM PDT by scouter
At 9:31 a.m. EDT yesterday, Katy Perry, in full hair and makeup wearing a designer cobalt blue bodysuit, was ready to make history. As she boarded flight NS-31 to make an 11-minute roundtrip journey to the edge of outer space, she endeavored to “put the ass in astronaut.” Which is so cool and brave to admit, given that she’s probably the first person ever to say those words in that particular order.
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TOPICS: History; Humor; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: girlboss; perry; space
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To: b4me
It was the 2025 version of “Spam in a can”.
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posted on
04/17/2025 6:43:13 AM PDT
by
pingman
("Step right up! Get your free helicopter ride, courtesy of Pinochet Air!")
To: scouter
Jeff’s money so he can waste it however he wants. Just don’t want to hear about it but here we are🚀.
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posted on
04/17/2025 6:43:49 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
To: Damifino
Yep, they could ride on a roller coaster and call themselves “astronauts”. Idiots.
To: No name given
We’re going to need a bigger spaceship!
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posted on
04/17/2025 6:44:16 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(All we want is the same deportation policy that Martha's Vineyard has. That's it.)
To: scouter
The phrase “put the ass in astronaut” is often attributed to comedian Lewis Black. He used it during his stand-up comedy routines to humorously criticize the idea of space exploration and to poke fun at the absurdity of space missions. The phrase plays on the word “astronaut” by emphasizing the “ass” part, humorously making light of the serious and complicated nature of space travel.
While it is a memorable line from Black’s performances, it may not be the earliest usage, but it is widely associated with his comedic style.
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posted on
04/17/2025 6:44:31 AM PDT
by
jroehl
(And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
To: scouter
She put the naut (a nut) in astronaut too.
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posted on
04/17/2025 6:44:55 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: ProtectOurFreedom
June Lockhart rocked space FIRST and better than this current gaggle. ;)

But...maybe it was faked? I was just a kid. *SMIRK*
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posted on
04/17/2025 6:46:26 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: Jane Long
>>>was faked
Looked like something from a episode of Gilligan’s Island.
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posted on
04/17/2025 6:46:28 AM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
She is still with us!
99 years young.
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posted on
04/17/2025 6:52:27 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: scouter
A publicity stunt featuring celebrities, by a private company.
It's not big deal science or a feminist triumph or anything important, but it's OK showbiz.
I have no problem with it.
Best of luck to Jeff Bezos promoting space tourism.
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posted on
04/17/2025 6:55:00 AM PDT
by
Salman
(Lasu Eŭropon bruli!)
To: Jane Long
I don't think the trip was faked, but they're lying about some of the details.
The paint on the capsule isn't even slightly scorched from re-entry because there was no "re-entry."
These people were never in "outer space" They basically took a flight to a very high altitude in a passenger pod and floated back down to earth with a parachute.
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posted on
04/17/2025 6:57:36 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("The gallows wait for martyrs whose papers are in order.")
To: Salman
It’s a very expensive carnival ride. Best suited for Six Flags, etc.
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posted on
04/17/2025 6:58:28 AM PDT
by
Justa
(Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people....)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
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posted on
04/17/2025 6:59:45 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: TexasGator
The rocket went straight up and straight down. It was never in orbit at all. A big bottle rocket.
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posted on
04/17/2025 7:01:06 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
We need the “John Holmes” version of the ship.
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posted on
04/17/2025 7:02:43 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: central_va
Almost straight up and down.
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posted on
04/17/2025 7:05:12 AM PDT
by
TexasGator
(/'~~'111./.)
To: Alberta's Child
The scorch comes from slowing down from 18,000 mph. That thing was a big bottle rocket, straight up and straight down. Not much friction.
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posted on
04/17/2025 7:05:15 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: TexasGator
How far from launch? a few miles?
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posted on
04/17/2025 7:06:50 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: TexasGator
Blue Origin only performs suborbital flights, reaching a maximum altitude of around 66.5 miles (107 km), which is just above the Kármán line, the official boundary of space. At this altitude, the capsule is still within a very thin atmosphere and isn't exposed to the true vacuum of space like craft traveling to the International Space Station are.
The scorching comes from reentry vehicles (Like Space X) that are above the Kármán Line and traveling at or above 17,500mph and need to slow to just a few mph before they splash down.
The heat of reentry comes from the capsule having to push air molecules out of the way as it enters the atmosphere.
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posted on
04/17/2025 7:07:29 AM PDT
by
The Louiswu
(USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
To: central_va
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posted on
04/17/2025 7:10:13 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("The gallows wait for martyrs whose papers are in order.")
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