Gayle King protects Blue Origin Space Flight after rebound
CBS Host Gale King In response to the rebound on Tuesday at Blue Origin Space Flight, it suggested that all female crews were held to different standards than men who went to space.
Journalists and talk show hosts were part of it. Historic flights Also carried Monday was Blue Origin’s founder Jeff Bezos’ fiancee, Lauren Sanchez, pop star Katy Perry, film producer Kellian Neuflin, NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bou, and civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen.
rocket It landed safely After about 10 minutes of flight. The famous trip drew some criticism from those who questioned whether short flights were worth the resources.
King responded to the backlash in comments Entertainment of the night On Tuesday, she compared the historic spaceflight and the blue-origin flights made by American astronaut Alan Shepherd in 1961.
Crew members of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Rocket ship on Monday. (Katy Perry Instagram)
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“Have you been?” The king old critic.
“Don’t call it a ‘vehicle’,” she added, claiming that people don’t use the term when men are talking about going to space.
“We almost replicated the same trajectory that Alan Shepherd returned to that day. No one called it a ‘vehicle’,” King said. “It was called a flight, it was called a journey.”
“There was nothing frivolous about what we did,” she added.
This image, provided by Blue Origin, shows the first row, seating from the left, Lauren Sanchez and Kerianne Flynn, standing on his back from the left. (Blue origin via AP) (Blue origin via AP)
“I’m very disappointed and very saddened,” the CBS host continued. “And I say this too, don’t ignore it what it does to inspire other women and young girls.”
She also addressed liberal critics who complained about the environmental impact, saying that Bezos’ mission with blue origins is to discover whether rockets can waste space from Earth and “clean our planets.”
“Space is not either. It’s both/with/and because you’re doing something in space, it doesn’t mean you’re taking anything from Earth,” King insisted.
Emily Ratakovsky was one of the liberal celebrities who defeated Blue Origin’s space flight on social media. (Arturo Homes)
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Model Emily Ratakowski was one of several celebrities who defeated flights on social media and called them “beyond parody.”
“You say you care about Mother Earth, and it’s about Mother Earth, and you go up to a spaceship built and paid by a company that is destroying planets on its own,” Ratakowski posted to Tiktok. “Look at the state of the world and think about how many resources were there to put these women in space. What for? I’m tired of them.”
King told critics previously Anyone who “really doesn’t understand” flights at a press conference on Monday, the historical significance of spaceflight.
“We can all talk about the reactions we have from young women about what this represents,” she added.
Gail King kisses the ground after leaving the blue origin hatch. (Commentary: Blue Origin)
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Despite his insightful words to critics, King said he felt that most of the time the response was positive.
“This is exciting for so many people,” she told Entertainment Tonight.