Gayle King Defends 11-Minute Space Flight After ‘Disrespectful’ Backlash: "My question is, have y’all been to space? Go to space or go to Blue Origin and see what they do and then come back and say, ‘This is a terrible thing.'"
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Gayle King Defends 11-Minute Space Flight After ‘Disrespectful’ Backlash: "My question is, have y’all been to space? Go to space or go to Blue Origin and see what they do and then come back and say, ‘This is a terrible thing.'"
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For the record, I spent the day in the desert yesterday learning more about this actual badass. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancho_...
Wow, I was today years old until I learned the lady in the bar in the movie The Right Stuff *was* Pancho 😱 I always loved the scene where she puts Gordon Cooper in his place. youtu.be/C70ccQ9Eo8w?...
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It was a ride. #SpamInACan “It was hard to imagine that virtually the entire history of space travel had occurred between my first ride and my second.” —John Glenn, male astronaut glenn.osu.edu/discovery-mi...
Can’t take credit for it as this term was coined by a wonderful Aussie journalist @amyremeikis.bsky.social.
This makes me feel worse about @gayleking.bsky.social. And I used to like her.
This celebrity stunt is disrespectful to all true women astronauts. Too bad, they did not choose to further education: www.astronomy.com/space-explor...