Why conspiracy theorists believe all-female Blue Origin space mission was 'fake'
Conspiracy theorists are coming for Blue Origin's all-women crewed space mission and 'many things that show this was fake'.
Blue Origin's rocket ship mission successfully took off on Monday (April 14) from Launch Site One in West Texas at 10am EDT.
The flight is the first all-women crew to have launched into space since 1963 ,when Valentina Tereshkova was sent into orbit by herself by the Soviet Union.
The all-women crew was made up of Perry, alongside former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, documentary producer Kerianne Flynn, bioatronautic research scientist Amanda Nguyễn and author and journalist Lauren Sánchez - who's also engaged to Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos.
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Footage has been shared of the crew up in space floating around in the ship - even if only for a mere four minutes - alongside a clip of Perry screaming as they landed back on Earth and who could forget the moment Bezos face-planted dirt?
However, some conspiracy theorists aren't convinced.
What conspiracy theorists are saying about Blue Origin's all-women mission
Rather than celebrating what the mission was about - more on that later - conspiracy theorists have been flooding online to weigh in on whether or not the space flight was all actually an elaborate staging.
One Twitter user said: "The Blue Origin Ladies' Flight was FAKE!"
"Annnnnddd.. • No flight suits • No helmets • No video of them before or during launch. And many more things that show this was fake," another added.
A third commented: "There’s another video before Bezos opens the door. The door was opened from inside by one of the fake astronauts. A lady walks over and quickly tells them to close it."
And this was echoed by many, another adding: "There is a video prior to him opening it where they opened the door from the inside earlier and had a 'not yet' moment."
However, another questioned if it 'goes deeper'...
"Maybe it goes deeper, and 'the crew' really thinks they went to space but it was simulated!" A fourth said - What in the Black Mirror is this?
However, another simply wrote: "It’s not fake. It’s just not a big deal. It’s Bezos company. His trophy wife got first dibs and brought her Hollywood clout friends.
"It’s not like they piloted something. They were glorified cargo, on 1950s technology, and they went to the mesosphere… not space."
However, Sánchez would strongly disagree, having spoken out about criticism of the mission noting it gets her 'really fired up'.
Why an all-women team including Katy Perry and Lauren Sánchez went to space as part of Blue Origin's mission
Multiple celebrities also condemned the space flight, Olivia Munn branding it 'gluttonous'.
However, Sánchez, who led the organization of the historic mission, responded: "I would love to have them come to Blue Origin and see the thousands of employees that don't just work here but they put their heart and soul into this vehicle.
"They love their work and they love the mission and it's a big deal for them."
Prior to the mission, Sánchez noted to Elle how significant it was to have an all-women crew made up of the faces it was, all of them 'storytellers in their own right'.
Perry voiced seeing the opportunity as a way to not only make space 'glam' but also to 'inspire' a 'whole new generation' - including her daughter Daisy - to 'never have limits on [their] dreams and show [them] that any type of person can reach their dreams no matter your background, your ethnicity, your economic situation, or your education level'.
Nguyễn added: "I think it’s so important for people to see us like that. This dichotomy of engineer and scientist, and then beauty and fashion. We contain multitudes. Women are multitudes."
Topics: Katy Perry, Blue Origin, Space, Conspiracy Theories, Twitter, Social Media
Poppy Bilderbeck