Megyn Kelly Criticizes Blue Origin's 'Training' and Commentary for Celebrity Space Trips

Dubious Space 'Training' for Celebrities

• 🚀 The video highlights the commentary surrounding a Blue Origin space launch, featuring hosts Teresa Thompson and Kristen Fischer.
• 💡 The commentators described the two-day "training" for the celebrity passengers as an intense experience, akin to becoming a "family."
• 🎯 The "training" tasks included practicing ingress and egress from the capsule, buckling seat belts, and getting fitted for flight suits.
• 🧐 This is contrasted with traditional astronaut training, which involves extreme physical and sensory deprivation.

Absurd Commentary and Media Coverage

• 💬 The commentary is described as overly dramatic and lacking genuine expertise, with hosts hired by Blue Origin.
• 🎭 The narrative around the celebrity space trip is criticized for receiving disproportionately more media attention than actual astronauts stranded in space.
• 🛰️ The launch is sarcastically referred to as Jeff Bezos putting his girlfriend and friends into a "giant vibrator" for a short orbit.

Critique of Gendered Commentary and Space Exploration

• 🎭 The dramatic, stereotypically "female" commentary is seen as inappropriate for the circumstances.
• ⚠️ The focus on celebrity space tourism is questioned, with a sarcastic remark about women's rights potentially being denied if they receive more "empowerment" of this sort.
• 🌌 The experience is likened to test-driving a car, emphasizing the triviality of the "training" compared to the grandiosity of the commentary.

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