Cut off – A viral video of Emily Ratajkowski has relaunched the debate on the environmental impact of space tourism, while the 100 % female flight of Blue Origin is the subject of strong criticism
Emily Ratajkowski does not mince words. In a video published on Tiktok, the American model attacked the spatial mission recently organized by Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ company.
As a reminder, this suborbital flight was made up of an exclusively female crew with celebrities on board like Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez (Jeff Bezos’s partner) or even the Gayle King presenter.
“Beyond parody”
Far from greeting the feat, Emily Ratajkowski saw it the symbol of a drifting world: “It is beyond parody. You say that you care about the earth, and go up in a ship built and funded by a company that destroys it. What was the goal? I am literally disgusted, ”she insurgent in front of the camera. An intervention that has quickly accumulated several million views on the social network.
-Other public figures have also criticized this initiative. Actress Olivia Wilde commented with sarcasm: “I imagine that billions of dollars can at least offer you good memes. “For her part, his sister Olivia Munn also questioned:” What are you doing in space, the girls? ” What do you give up up there? »»
A communication operation?
According to Blue Origin, the flight of ten minutes to celebrate women, according to Blue Origin. However, for many, this trip was in fact only an expensive communication operation, little in line with the current climate emergency (…)
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