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Originally Posted by DaFace
It's true, but it's also been blown way out of proportion. They said that they thought it was cool to have the first all-women trip to space (factually true) and that they hoped it might be inspiring to young girls (objectively not a bad thing unless you actually believe young girls should be training on how to make sandwiches).
Yes, they referred to themselves as the "crew," but that's been the case for all of these launches. Hell, some of the early ones were calling the crew "astronauts," and I don't believe they've done that.
And are there more impressive actions someone could take to inspire young girls? Obviously. But you can't tell me that there isn't at least one young Katy Perry fan out there who might watch the next launch to the ISS because they thought seeing a rocket go to space, even briefly, was neat.
Did the media make a big deal out of it? Well, yeah, that's what media does in the 21st century. I would argue that the backlash in some forms of media has been just as over-the-top as the initial push on the "inspiration" angle, though.
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I think they could, like will.i.am and many other stars (Justin Bieber, and Britney Spears, as well as the Pinkett-Smith family), with the support of Musk and Bezos, use their platforms to highlight and support FIRST robotics. While not specifically a astronaut-focused entity, I'm sure you know a lot about FIRST and its impact on young people, and SOOOOOO many young girls.
Like the concert will.i.am put on for all the teams at the St. Louis regional many years back, what Katy could do by showing up and being part of a regional FIRST competition, making sure it got on TMZ and her fan channel, perhaps even sponsoring some inner city teams and/or some of FIRST's girl-only teams, would probably reach and affect more girls.
Maybe her bubble needs to have more people like me in it to offer great advice for her if her goal is to effect positive change for young women.