« California Girl » in weightlessness – Liberation

After Captain Kirk, California Girl. There Blue Origin rocket multimillionaire Jeff Bezos Short after celebrities to propel them into space, just to stay in the space tourism race. This time, after William Shatner – essential commander of the vessel of Star Trek, Who, in 2021, at the age of 90, had become the oldest man in space -, the space launcher of the owner of Amazon recruited singer Katy Perry to take a weightless ride. And the one that became famous in 2008 with its hit I kissed a girl Or his song California Gurls It is only the star of a 100 % female crew in which the fiancée of Bezos himself is located: Laura Sanchez.

Four other women will take place in the capsule which is to fly this afternoon at 3:30 p.m. Paris time from the west of Texas: Kerianne Flynn, film producer, Amanda Nguyen, founder of an NGO engaged in combat against sexual violence, Aisha Bowe, a former scientist of NASA, and the Gayle King television.

None of them will however be in control of the machine: fully automated, the rocket will take off vertically and the capsule in which Katy Perry and his companions will have detached in flight, before falling on earth braked by parachutes and a backrop. Meanwhile, for ten minutes, the six passengers will exceed Karman’s linewhich marks, 100 kilometers above sea level, the space border according to an international convention. They will then be able to detach themselves from their headquarters and briefly float in weightlessness.

With this 11th Suborbital inhabited flight (the first 100 % female), Blue Origin obviously targets the advertisement that will allow him to keep, with his rocket New Shepard, A step ahead of Virgin Galactic (which also offers suborbital flights) and approaching orbit flights of the no less Trumpist Elon Musk. So many space tourist experiences whose price is not made public.

In a recent interview with the magazine SheKaty Perry explained, in star mode in the eyes mixed of empowerment, take part in this adventure « For (his) daughter Daisy »which she had with the famous British actor Orlando Bloom, « In order to encourage him to never set limits to his dreams » :: « I am so impatient to see the inspiration and the light in her eyes when she will see the rocket leave and that she will return to school the next day by saying: » Mom went to space «  »explained the singer.