This April 14 Katy Perry became the first singer to reach the space. Katy Perry was part of a crew completely made up of women. The commercial mission of Blue Origin It also was attended by the project executive, Lauren Sánchez, the television presenter Gayle King, the Aisha Bowe aerospace engineer, the activist Amanda Nguyen, and the film producer Kerianne Flynn.
The mission, known as N31, took off from TexasUnited States and had a duration of about 11 minutes. The crew managed to cross the line Kármana kind of border with the spaceand experimented a few minutes of ingrability. Katy Perry interpreted the song What a Wonderful World by Neil Amstrong as a symbol of the unit in it world aboard the New Shepard rocket.
This is the eleventh suborbital mission of the Blue Origin and was classified as a historical moment to promote participation and inclusion of the women In the races Stem (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). However, users on social networks have indicated that the mission was carried out with the purpose of promoting the missions of the Blue Originwell The company was founded in 2000 by the billionaire and owner of Amazon, Jeff Bezos to make suborbital and orbital flights of a private nature.
Criticisms were fueled after the singer Katy Perry gave a message of solidarity with the preservation of the planet Earth after its landing, since it is estimated that the missions has negative repercussions on the environment and in the ozone layerdue to the large nitrogen oxide emissions that releases in the atmosphere, according to the magazine Sustainability Magazine.
Between him marketing and the illusion of inclusion
Now trips to space They are a reality for humanity, but only for the richest people of worldand is that one of the greatest criticisms of the project founded by Jeff Bezosarose after Lauren Sanchez, his fiancee, was part of the crew of the N31 mission, because this shows that only people related to the millionaire and with purchasing power can pay for a trip to the space.
Beyond criticism for an alleged democratization of access to space, Behind is hidden a competition to monopolize the now market for space travel, as both Jeff Bezos as Elon Muskowner of Space xa space transport service and manufacturing company have tried and monopolize the future of space explorations.
In 2020 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (POT) announced three millionaire contracts with private companies, among which were Space x and Blue Origin. In 2021 Space x obtained a contract for almost 3 billion dollars to create the spacecraft that would take a group of astronauts to the space for the first time in decades, and two years later, Blue Origin He joined the competition to develop spacecraft destined to land on the moon.
This has generated concerns, because now the privatization of the space It seems a career against time and humanity. Among the most common concerns for the space market is the lack of International regulation Before the advance of technologies, the so -called “lunar mining“And inequality, because the question” who really can pay a trip to the space? ”
What is the project Blue Origin?
Blue Origin It is an American aerospace transport company founded by Jeff Bezos In 2000. Under the emblem “we are building a road to the space for the benefit of the earth ”, Blue Origin Its purpose is
In 2021, Blue Origin advertisement “REEF orbital”As the first commercial concept to space 400 kilometers on Earth. The race to monopolize the space It continues to be generated criticism, because it is finally a battle for power between the largest magnates and millionaires of the world.
