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I'm too old and out of touch with younger culture to get some of the references, but this is sarcasm at its best.
1 posted on 04/17/2025 6:21:07 AM PDT by scouter
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I’ll bet they all screamed when that thing went into free fall like they do with airplane turbulence.


2 posted on 04/17/2025 6:24:40 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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On the bright side, Jeff Bezos is spending his own money to provide safe space tourism.

A funny distraction from all the crazy our Deep State reaches into your back pocket to fund.


3 posted on 04/17/2025 6:24:52 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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Vid clip, at link ...

The trip was faked. Aside from the faked door opening by Overlord Bezos, the paint on the capsule isn't even slightly scorched from reentry. pic.twitter.com/9prHPjVa0r— Joe Magil 🇷🇺 (@MagilJoe) April 15, 2025


4 posted on 04/17/2025 6:26:21 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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The girls looked pretty cool in their blue space rompers, indeed. But NOT as cool as this space girl with her death-ray gun, bare bum, and stilettos on the moon.


5 posted on 04/17/2025 6:26:26 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (All we want is the same deportation policy that Martha's Vineyard has. That's it.)
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kinda wish the parachute failed


6 posted on 04/17/2025 6:27:21 AM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (on)
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Surprised I haven’t seen a picture of them in their flight suits with the title,

“THE RIGHT STUFF”!

7 posted on 04/17/2025 6:28:14 AM PDT by volare737 (Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated.)
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Nothing says the Right Stuff as Alan Shepherd after soiling his britches. I also use the “Shepherd’s Prayer” often.


11 posted on 04/17/2025 6:36:16 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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That was wonderful! Thank you.


14 posted on 04/17/2025 6:39:14 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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There was only one person on the flight who had a clue about going into space (aerospace engineer). So if something happened to incapacitate that one…? Or was this like a carnival ride, all controlled by someone not actually on the ride?


16 posted on 04/17/2025 6:39:58 AM PDT by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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The only real ASSet many women in the public eye today have is exposure of their boobs and butts ... not that I object


20 posted on 04/17/2025 6:43:06 AM PDT by antidemoncrat ( )
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Jeff’s money so he can waste it however he wants. Just don’t want to hear about it but here we are🚀.


22 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💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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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.


25 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)
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She put the naut (a nut) in astronaut too.


26 posted on 04/17/2025 6:44:55 AM PDT by DannyTN
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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.

30 posted on 04/17/2025 6:55:00 AM PDT by Salman (Lasu Eŭropon bruli!)
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I am waiting on this months Penthouse letters. 5 semi-hot chicks all short of breath and excited? No brainer! (Ha, another one!)


43 posted on 04/17/2025 7:15:23 AM PDT by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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Gayle King is an idiot. Men don't take "rides"?

The Epic RIDE of John H. Glenn

If she wants to be a famous "astronaut" shopper, she needs to study the history. Men were taking "rides" into space way back in the 60s.

46 posted on 04/17/2025 7:18:22 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Universities in this country are nothing but Houses of Prostitution for the wealthy.)
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“Astrothots”


56 posted on 04/17/2025 7:28:47 AM PDT by Lee N. Field ("And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise" Gal 3:29)
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I think it was a neat thing to do and they could have pulled it off if they had not tried to shoehorn some deeper meaning in it other then a fun 11 minute carnival ride.

Pretending it was some great achievement is where all the criticism is coming from.


61 posted on 04/17/2025 7:41:14 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I’ll take a wait and see...)
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I haven’t seen an article to tell us how much they paid for this 15-minute flight but I assume it was a lot.

It’s their money and they can spend it however they want, but I personally couldn’t spend a lot for a space ride thinking instead how much I could help other people with that kind of money.


67 posted on 04/17/2025 8:22:01 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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News item: Katy Perry to write song about her trip above the Kármán line. I have taken the trouble of writing the first verse for her.

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]

74 posted on 04/18/2025 2:01:55 PM PDT by Pilsner
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