Katy Perry
The Californian singer Katy Perry (Santa Bárbara, USA, 40 years old) has just returned from a space trip of 11 minutes beyond the karm line, one hundred kilometers on the earth, outside the international jurisdiction, which implies that it does not belong to NASA or Russians or China. That is not from anyone or is one of those who arrive, the empire, the rebel alliance, the Klingon or any race humanoid in the imaginary of a Boomer. Or we thought. We thought that after the Cold War, the conquest of space was going to be an orderly thing: the moon and Mars for the United States, the International Station for Russia for being a main partner, for China the solar energy satellites, and some crumb for Europe, all in communion, there is peace. Until Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk have arrived.
How much has Katy Perry paid for what takes time to travel in the Madrid Metro from Cuatro Caminos to Puente de Vallecas? It is not clear. The minimum is $ 150,000 (the Metro trip leaves at 0.61 euros with the transport bonus), although the last route promoted by Blue Origin – and has eleven – would not have had the same promotion of not having included the American. While the property of space is resolved, technological magnates such as Bezos and Musk are making their way with tourist trips for millionaires and working the land for its spatial divisions and the imposing business (civil, military) in which it will become short term. The land is small for entrepreneurs with more than 100,000 million dollars. The eleventh of the ‘missions’ chartered by the owner of Amazon, seasoned with scientific motivations ad hocsuch as the collection of biomedical data or inspiring girls to undertake scientific careers, it has been sold as the first space flight ‘only for women’, a blow of effect to promote a journey that has included, in addition to Katy Perry, the presenter Gayle King, the Aieha Bowe Aerospace Engineeractivist Amanda Nguyen, producer Kerianne Flynn and Bezos’ girlfriend, Lauren Sánchez.
Perry, the only one of those ‘astronauts’ with indisputable planetary fame, represents a remarkable attraction for this type of adventure. From the second, they maintain the interest of Milmillonarios clients to the extent that the rest of humanity stops paying attention, where – this is important – the business niche of, for example, Amazon. Apart from scientific arguments in the background, Science and feminism have not saved objections. The first because Astronaut’s career is banalized, whose preparation has been; the second for the ornamental role of passengers. Since it was the first exclusively feminine space flight, at least having done it with real astronauts. To limit the debate, it is about space tourism, not an interstellar mission.
The first to banalize it was Perry herself, whose question when confirming the trip was “What am I going to wear?” He did it in a report prior to takeoff. In a scientific journal? No, in a fashion. Nor did it help to take the expedition that gave details very seriously Like the space costumes should be comfortable and safe, but also very tight, “flattering and sex.” “We are going to have eyelash extensions flying in the capsule!” He said in the same magazine La Prometéda de Bezos.
To be born in the US presupposes the possibility that your Jipis parents wake up a morning turned into Pentecostal shepherds. This is the case of Katy Perry, strictly educated by parents who tried to move her away from music. In parallel to the fame of his daughter they embarked on beneficial activities with contributions from their faithful who, according to the British press, have been polished on trips, retreats and stays in luxury hotels.
Rihanna vs. Beyoncé. Miley Cyrus vs. Ariana Grande. Katy Perry vs. Lady Gaga. Both star in the last pop battle, with mass concerts separately the same day, in the same city, at the same time. The religious fact has not stopped accompanying this artist whose tour will arrive in November in Spain. Orlando Bloom’s wife (Legolas in The Lord of the Rings) tried to buy a convent in Los Angeles in 2015, and it is curious that the rocket that transported it 11 minutes above the earth was named New Shepard (New shepherd). The purchase of the novitiate in the end did not curdle. Maybe it was a signal. “Missing men, the world would stop”, says a character from Memorial of the conventfrom Saramago. Not in space or the world of pop. Actually, almost anywhere. In both, the pastor’s daughter has already touched the sky.
