The Blue Origin all-women flight, featuring celebrities like Katy Perry, was marketed as a feminist achievement and a celebration of scientific curiosity. However, the article critiques the flight as a misguided spectacle that undermines genuine aspirations for progress in both feminism and science. It suggests that Blue Origin represents the shift towards privatization in space exploration, prioritizing tourism over meaningful scientific inquiry. Ultimately, the flight serves to highlight a troubling trend in America's approach to innovation and social advancement, portraying indulgence rather than substantive achievement.
"The flight, which was promoted for months in advance, was touted as a triumph of feminism, a win for science and an embrace of the kind of expansive, curious human spirit of striving and possibility that once animated both."
"Instead, the flight served as a kind of perverse funeral for the America that once enabled both scientific advancement and feminist progress, a spectacle that mocked these aspirations by appropriating them for such an indulgent and morally hollow purpose."
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