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Did anyone call William Shatner an astronaut?

 

Gayle King wants to be treated like a real astronaut: "Nobody calls it a ride if male astronauts goes to space"
"I don't like that people are calling it a ride. You never see a man, a male astronaut, who's going up in space and they said, 'Oh, he took a ride.' We actually duplicated the route that Alan Shepard did. That's why it's called this particular capsule is called the New Shepard. We duplicated that route. No one said he took that ride. It's always referred to as a flight or a journey. So I feel that that's a little disrespectful to what the mission was and what the work that Blue Origin does. We use space technology all the time, whether it's your GPS, whether it's your satellite, that doesn't just happen. Every time a flight goes up, they get some type of information. Two of the astronauts, I still have a hard time calling myself an astronaut, but two of the astronauts...

Shatner’s reaction to his own Blue Origin flight deserves more attention.

Maybe it should be expected but Gayle King, Katy Perry and Bezos’ girlfriend were complete tone deaf about how to interact with the media afterwards. Dont they have PR reps that give them advice? Dont ever compare yourself to an actual hero and astronaut like Alan shepherd. Even if you think you are the best astronaut ever, no one wants to hear it.

if I were the other women on the flight, I would be pissed at the others for ruining the overall experience.

”I thank Blue Origin for making this experience possible for me. I hope that we brought attention to space travel and encouraged more young people to enter science so space can be broadly opened in the near future.” It’s not that difficult. You could also find a 7 year old girl who wants to be an engineer and mention her by name. Maybe take her favorite (tiny) stuffed animal to space for her. Everyone eats that up.

38 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:

Did anyone call William Shatner an astronaut?

 

Gayle King wants to be treated like a real astronaut: "Nobody calls it a ride if male astronauts goes to space"
"I don't like that people are calling it a ride. You never see a man, a male astronaut, who's going up in space and they said, 'Oh, he took a ride.' We actually duplicated the route that Alan Shepard did. That's why it's called this particular capsule is called the New Shepard. We duplicated that route. No one said he took that ride. It's always referred to as a flight or a journey. So I feel that that's a little disrespectful to what the mission was and what the work that Blue Origin does. We use space technology all the time, whether it's your GPS, whether it's your satellite, that doesn't just happen. Every time a flight goes up, they get some type of information. Two of the astronauts, I still have a hard time calling myself an astronaut, but two of the astronauts...

You would think this experience would fall below "scissoring Oprah" on her list of achievements. 

32 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

Username doesn’t check out.

It doesn't -- most of the time -- except in instances of interacting with:

- Austin drivers
- an ex-wife
- that devious squirrel that steals all the bird food

Other than that, I'm mostly squishy-hearted.

Edited by gofuckyourself
- And dogs and their owners at HEB. See thread.

1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

 

43 minutes ago, gofuckyourself said:

Wow.

I'd never read that. Sincere thanks.

That was extremely well-written, and a great message.

Yeah, I remember when he wrote that right afterwards, and it really made an impression on me.  It is a pretty profound take, and it contrasts with the take of the current billionaire crowd that pisses me off:  "OUR FUTURE IS IN THE STARS! WE GOTTA SACRIFICE EVERYTHING AND GET TO MARS!"  No, you fucking fucks, our future is here, on earth - the planet that made us, that is and always will be our only home.  Chasing ass that's 120 million miles away instead of sticking with the family that is and always will be your family is shallow, stupid, short-sighted, and doomed to fail.  What matters is right here.  It always will be.  Imagine if these fucksticks spent 1/10th the effort and focus they spend on space on improving life here on earth, on investing in long-term improvements for actual humans on actual earth (not to dominate them, or own them, but to actually make things BETTER, starting with simple shit like health, food, the environment).

We're burning through what we have -- this planet, and each other -- in a quest for something that is never, ever going to be the solution.

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

No, you fucking fucks, our future is here, on earth - the planet that made us, that is and always will be our only home. 

Until a drone finds vibranium or kryptonite or some other unearthly substance that defense contractors can make a fuck ton of money from.

Dr. Collier, a real Astrophysics phD responds:

 

She ain't for everyone as she is ultra-repetitive and rambles, but she absolutely cooks Bezos, his penis rocket and this publicity stunt.

Collier goes over Shatner's experience at 36:00.  It's disgusting how Bezos and the other airheads handled themselves in a moment that was clearly deep for Shatner.

 

All of this negative PR could’ve been avoided if we would’ve gotten a zero gravity version of the tits we saw at the inauguration.

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