An all-women crew will take flight for Blue Origin’s 31st mission, the company announced Thursday.
Let me be the first to say that’s good.
“Girls, Girls, Girls” I can’t’ wait, right Kevin…
So the “crew” will ride the “fully autonomous” ship up and down? I don’t want to go to space, to kudos to them for being brave enough to do it. But how is it they aren’t just space tourists? And if that’s the case, then is this really a noteworthy event? “All female passengers go for joy ride in rocket powered bus” would be equally appropriate? I’m not mocking them, as I really don’t follow the space based stuff, but from my uninformed position, I feel like I missed something in this story that makes it news worthy.
That is cool, but let’s stop calling these “crewed missions”. There is no crew, and the “mission” is just a theme park ride. A theme park ride to (literally) top them all, and a very cool one at that, but still just an expensive theme park ride.
Will Miss Perry be wearing the Elmo T shirt? This should be live streamed.
This is definitely a DEI stunt.
Does this mean the next time I book a flight on Delta I’m “crew”?
You aren’t, but OK. Expected.
I thought you were all about competence, performance and reliability, or so you say.
In the day and age of all the bullshit surrounding "DEI"and "woke," I'm not surprised at this publicity stunt. If this is to be taken seriously, why does Bezos' girlfriend Lauren Sanchez ( a pilot but not a space ship pilot), Katie Perry, an entertainer, journalist Gayle King, and film producer Kerianne Flynn make up 2/3 of the "crew?"
If "fully autonomous" fails at ANY point, what then? What will this highly qualified "crew" be able to do about it?
Though no “crew” will be involved, today’s SpaceX flight should be much more interesting and entertaining.
‘According to Blue Origin, the mission marks the 11th human flight for New Shepherd sending passengers past the Kármán line…’ and also,
…’ the six-person crew.’
You have passengers and crew both used in description of the flight. No one called it a ‘crewed mission’. For me they can call it whatever they darn well please. I live confident I can perceive the differences.
CREW
: a group of people associated together in a common activity or by common traits or interests
***the word is also a slang term for a group of friends who hang out together
Keep breaking boundaries and ceilings ladies, enjoy the ride!
Girls just wanna have fun.
Since everyone has a mother and maybe even sisters or daughters you would think an all women spaceflight would not ruffle feathers. Yet here we are. It is the first all women crew since Tereshkova in 1963 a quick autonomous hop past the Kármán line but still a well earned spotlight on women in space. Bon voyage ladies. 
Excuse me, Raf … you are using the wrong term. WI Governator Evers has ordered the term, “Mother” replaced by ‘inseminated person.’
Nonsense. This is a good start.
Larry, I’m going to stick with ‘Mother,’ as most people understand it just fine. Slava Ukraini! 
What exactly is the “mission”?
I agree, good Q. I would think that this is a high-profile PR stunt for Blue Origin, provoking headlines, and a feel-good message about inclusivity in space, future sales, and keeping investors interested. 