On a recent space tourism flight on a Blue Origin rocket, CBS Mornings co-anchor Gayle King and celebrities like Katy Perry attracted significant backlash for their perceived privilege and insensitivity. Their journey was compared to historical space flights, with King defending the trip's significance by likening it to Alan Shepard's pioneering 1961 mission. Despite her assertions, many criticized the extravagant nature of the trip amid ongoing social issues, seeing it as emblematic of celebrity detachment from reality.
I really resent that people are calling it a ride. We duplicated the trajectory of Alan Shepard's flight back in the day, said King.
No one called that a ride,' King said, referring to Shepard's pioneering voyage. A ride sounds frivolous. It sounds insignificant.
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