"Nguyen, 34, was part of April's historic 11-minute flight, whose crew included pop star Katy Perry, broadcast journalist Gayle King, and journalist and wife of Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez. The flight was heavily criticized for its environmental impact and critics questioned its purpose and use of resources."
"She said the volume of news coverage and social media reaction to the trip was so unprecedented that even a small fraction of negativity becomes staggering. It amounted to billions of hostile impressions, she said, an onslaught no human brain has evolved to endure."
"I did not leave Texas for a week, unable to get out of bed. A month later, when a senior staff at Blue [Origin] called me, I had to hang up on him because I could not speak through my tears, she wrote."
Amanda Nguyen became the first Vietnamese woman to travel to space on an 11-minute Blue Origin flight that included celebrities and high-profile passengers. The flight drew heavy criticism over environmental impact and purpose. Nguyen, a bioastronautics research scientist and civil rights activist for sexual assault survivors, experienced a massive wave of online harassment that she says led to prolonged depression and incapacitation. She reported being unable to leave Texas for a week and needing to end a call with a senior Blue Origin staffer because she could not speak through tears. Nguyen previously paused astronaut ambitions after a university rape and later received recognition including a Nobel Peace Prize nomination and Time magazine honors.
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