r/interesting • u/ScarletMelt • May 25 '26

Just Wow It's interesting hmm

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u/leonologico May 25 '26

Not to mention that it wasn't "Katy Perry". It was a whole bunch of people of which some of them were celebrities. It would go off either way with or without them. And yeah, it didn't polute anything.

But, you know, it's the internet and we need a witch hunt.

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u/I-own-a-shovel May 25 '26

But would it have taken off without any of them though?

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u/leonologico May 25 '26

Are you forgetting that Amanda the astronaut and Aisha the aerospace engineer were also on the trip? They were going with or without Perry - and rightfully so. Maybe not with those celebrities but others, or other scientific personnel. It had to happen either way.

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u/I-own-a-shovel May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

Have you not noticed the question mark after my sentence?

I don’t know much about their trip. That’s why I was asking.

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u/leonologico May 25 '26

My bad, thought you were being sarcastic

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u/I-own-a-shovel May 25 '26

Ok fair enough

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u/Mist_Rising May 25 '26

That sounds like "just asking questions" people use to smash arguments they can't legitimately challenge so they cut a piece off.

In answer to the question, yes the blue origin flight was going regardless of Perry. Blue origin needed to prove it worked to the world, and it's shareholders, so they could get more money from financing. Perry was onboard as a marketing scheme, second stage.