AkaSci 🛰️5d ago

I am disappointed at the visceral negative reaction at the all-female crew of the Blue Origin NS-31 flight.

Granted not all of them are scientists or astronauts, but should we not admire or encourage female non-scientists? Granted some of them are rich good-looking celebrities, but they have a large young following. What's the harm if they spread some joy and science among the youth?

Have we become too cynical? Do we instinctively look for faults, esp. among women?

https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-shepard-ns-31-mission
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard Rocket Completes 31st Mission To Space | Blue Origin

Blue Origin successfully completed its 11th human spaceflight for the New Shepard program. The crew included Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyễn, Gayle King, Katy Perry, Kerianne Flynn, and Lauren Sánchez.

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Show threadPetra van Cronenburg
@AkaSci If they spread joy for science, nothing bad. But sorry, it looks like the instagrammisation of a billionaire's elite program.
I watched the first landing on the moon live when I was a child. Of course, I suddenly wanted to become an astronaut! But parents and teachers told me, there's no place for female scientists: only men in the control centre! German TV had even cut the pictures with the rare women working there.
I would have fought this patriarchalism, if I would have seen more
Apr 16 at 9:55amWeb
Show threadPetra van Cronenburg5d ago

@AkaSci women in these professions, more #womenInSTEM! We had women #astronauts on the ISS who are real scientists - they do much more for girls to like STEM and becoming astronauts!
Please be aware that the NASA had stuff for girls and deleted it for Trump! https://www.space.com/space-exploration/nasa-website-removes-first-woman-graphic-novel-but-heres-where-you-can-still-find-it

And therefore, it has a very bitter aftertaste that Trump supporter Bezos is instrumentalizing these women for these billionaires' #TESCREAL ideologies, not for women's best! They fight women on all levels.

NASA website removes 'First Woman' graphic novel — but here's where you can still find it

The interactive female astronaut series was created to inspire a new generation of space explorers.

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