{"id":2425345,"date":"2025-04-19T13:06:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T17:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-crushes-katy-perry-with-the-cold-hard-truth-shes-nowhere-close-to-being-an-astronaut\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T13:09:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T17:09:34","slug":"trump-admin-crushes-katy-perry-with-the-cold-hard-truth-shes-nowhere-close-to-being-an-astronaut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-crushes-katy-perry-with-the-cold-hard-truth-shes-nowhere-close-to-being-an-astronaut\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Admin Crushes Katy Perry with the Cold, Hard Truth: She\u2019s Nowhere Close to Being an Astronaut"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-admin-crushes-katy-perry-with-the-cold-hard-truth-shes-nowhere-close-to-being-an-astronaut%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2425345&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Katy Perry&#8217;s recent return to the spotlight as she participated in a Blue Origin space tourist flight, which made headlines as the first all-female crew in space. The flight lasted 11 minutes and included other notable participants such as CBS anchor Gayle King and Jeff Bezos&#8217; girlfriend,Lauren S\u00e1nchez. Despite the celebratory tone from Blue Origin, the legitimacy of calling the participants &#8220;astronauts&#8221; has been called into question due to the nature of the flight being automated and not involving notable astronaut training or responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>critics have pointed out that simply taking a ride on a commercial spacecraft dose not qualify someone as an astronaut, with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy highlighting that participants must <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">perform specific duties related<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/excessive-secrecy-will-only-spur-more-speculation-figures-react-to-long-awaited-inconclusive-ufo-report\/\" title=\"\u2018Excessive Secrecy Will Only Spur More Speculation\u2019: Figures React To Long-Awaited \u2018Inconclusive\u2019 UFO Report\">flight safety<\/a>. The article reflects a sense of ridicule towards Perry and her co-passengers for the perceived superficiality of their experience, notably following Perry&#8217;s comments on feeling connected to the &#8220;strong divine feminine&#8221; after the flight. Ultimately, the article suggests that while the flight was an exhilarating experience, it does not equate to the rigorous qualifications required to be a true astronaut.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Those of you who like to forget middling pop singers once they&rsquo;ve outlasted their relevance were probably somewhat piqued this past week as you were forced to remember who Katy Perry was.<\/p>\n<p>I know I was a bit miffed; here I&rsquo;d vacated the very small part of my brain that was dedicated to memorizing the hook to &ldquo;Teenage Dream&rdquo; or questioning why &ldquo;California Gurls&rdquo; [sic] weren&rsquo;t just &ldquo;fine, fresh [and] fierce,&rdquo; to quote the 2010 song of the same name by Perry, but also &ldquo;undeniable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;ve talked with numerous Californians both before and after the song was released, and nobody&rsquo;s ever given me a variation of this argument: &ldquo;Oh, don&rsquo;t you tell me there are <em>any<\/em> females in our state, no matter what that dumb woman says: It&rsquo;s <em>totally<\/em> deniable! Y chromosomes as far as the eye can see, and I don&rsquo;t want to hear a peep otherwise!&rdquo; This didn&rsquo;t seem like a problem that needed to be addressed, in other words.<\/p>\n<p>But alas, that space in my poor brain is re-occupied now we&rsquo;re forced to contend with the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/katy-perry-orlando-bloom-trying-steal-home-dying-veteran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Perry<\/a>, 40, is in the news again for becoming an &ldquo;astronaut&rdquo; &mdash; thanks to the fact that her acquaintance&rsquo;s boyfriend just happens to have a cool rocket to ride on.<\/p>\n<p>Perry was one of the six women aboard a Blue Origin space tourist flight that lasted 11 minutes and was hailed as the first all-female crew in the final frontier.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>While Perry was the most famous &mdash; and fatuous &mdash; of the &ldquo;astronauts&rdquo; aboard the New Shepard spacecraft, there were also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cbs-gayle-king-interrupts-chuck-schumer-deliver-painful-truth-democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gayle King<\/a> (CBS anchor), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-lauren-sanchez-files-for-divorce-after-bezos-split-finalized\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lauren S&aacute;nchez<\/a> (Jeff Bezos&rsquo; squeeze), Kerianne Flynn (don&rsquo;t care), Aisha Bowe (don&rsquo;t care), and Amanda Nguy&#7877;n (also don&rsquo;t care).<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin, Bezos&rsquo; third-rate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/capitalism-triumphs-spacex-first-achieve-new-orbit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX<\/a> competitor, hailed this as a major milestone and hyped it up in the media. Unfortunately, it wasn&rsquo;t just us laughing at Perry and Co. because of their ridiculousness, but the Trump administration made sure everyone knew that, while Blue Origin was calling the crew &ldquo;astronauts&rdquo; in social media posts like this, they had to use very heavy air-quotes around that word:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We just completed our 11th human spaceflight and the 31st flight of the New Shepard program. The astronaut crew included Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguy&#7877;n, Gayle King, Katy Perry, Kerianne Flynn, and Lauren S&aacute;nchez.<\/p>\n<p>To date, New Shepard has flown 58 people to space. Read more:&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qglt1p1Wc2\">pic.twitter.com\/Qglt1p1Wc2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Blue Origin (@blueorigin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blueorigin\/status\/1911828659238764658?\">April 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But first, for everyone who missed this and was wondering why it was so fatuous, please let Perry explain it for me:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Katy Perry says &ldquo;I really feel connected to that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/katy-perrys-post-flight-comments-perfectly-illustrate-the-farce-of-jeff-bezos-historic-all-female-crew\/\" title=\"...&#039;s Post-... Comments Perfectly Illustrate the Farce of Jeff Bezos&#039; &#039;Historic&#039; All...\">strong divine feminine&#038;rdquo<\/a>; after Blue Origin space flight <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4vVqv3QqIW\">pic.twitter.com\/4vVqv3QqIW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1911800610669601102?\">April 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Yes, she was connected to the &ldquo;strong divine feminine&rdquo; in a way that meditation and the Hoffman Process (a type of woo-tastic intensive residential therapy that incorporates Eastern mysticism, gestalt psychology and group counseling in a format that makes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parachutehome.com\/blog\/esalen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esalen<\/a> look practically scientific, for those of you wondering) didn&rsquo;t bring her.<\/p>\n<p>All for the low, low price of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/media-telecom\/katy-perry-launches-into-space-with-all-female-crew-blue-origin-rocket-2025-04-14\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hundreds of thousands<\/a> of dollars per ride, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fact-checking-558398031858?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plus an estimated 50 tons<\/a> of indirect CO2 emissions before the spacecraft even left the pad.<\/p>\n<p>Couldn&rsquo;t she have just tried <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/king-hypocrisy-prince-harry-charge-33-fans-watch-trauma-therapy-via-livestream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ayahuasca<\/a> instead?<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, the derision was immediate and swift &mdash; something Gayle King got irked about, saying that it diminished what the crew accomplished by calling it just &ldquo;a ride&rdquo;:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Gayle King thinks she&rsquo;s an astronaut because she took a 10 minute ride on her friend&rsquo;s boyfriend&rsquo;s rocket ship<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cmEDkvIei0\">pic.twitter.com\/cmEDkvIei0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1912493100901052874?\">April 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ntsb-makes-highly-unusual-move-amid-dc-plane-crash-investigation-urgently-recommends-major-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy<\/a> pointed out, yeah, this kind of was a ride &mdash; which is why they weren&rsquo;t really astronauts:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rumored-biden-nom-for-nasa-administrator-out-of-touch-experts-say\/\" title=\"Rumored Biden Nom for NASA Administrator Out of Touch, Experts Say\">commercial space industry<\/a> is an inspiring project which showcases American ingenuity and exceptionalism. But the last FAA guidelines under the Commercial Space Astronaut Wings Program were clear: Crewmembers who travel into space must have &ldquo;demonstrated activities during&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n2DxpNh4Hy\">https:\/\/t.co\/n2DxpNh4Hy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDuffy\/status\/1913003487715094850?\">April 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The U.S. commercial space industry is an inspiring project which showcases American ingenuity and exceptionalism,&rdquo; he wrote in a Thursday post.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But the last FAA guidelines under the Commercial Space Astronaut Wings Program were clear: Crewmembers who travel into space must have &lsquo;demonstrated activities during flight that were essential to public safety, or contributed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bezos-not-an-astronaut-faa-rules\/\" title=\"Bezos Not An \u2018...,\u2019 FAA Rules\">human space flight safety<\/a>.&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The crew who flew to space this week on an automated flight by Blue Origin were brave and glam, but you cannot identify as an astronaut. They do not meet the FAA astronaut criteria.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In other words, to be an astronaut, you have to have done some part in either piloting the craft or doing research there, in addition to a lifetime of work and training. Visiting space makes you an astronaut in the same way that walking through a hospital makes you a doctor. Getting connected to the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/first-footage-inside-female-spaceflight-capsule-sparks-major-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strong divine feminine<\/a>&rdquo; also doesn&rsquo;t count, alas.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a cool story, I suppose, even if I still haven&rsquo;t gotten an answer on why &ldquo;California Gurls&rdquo; were &ldquo;deniable&rdquo; by anybody. But these were six women who went on one of the coolest rides on this amusement park we call Earth and lived to tell about it.<\/p>\n<p>Astronauts, though, not so much.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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I admit I was a bit annoyed; I&#8217;d cleared out the tiny space in my mind that held onto the catchy tune of &#8220;Teenage Dream&#8221; or pondered why &#8220;California Gurls&#8221; [sic] weren&#8217;t simply described as &#8220;fine, fresh [and] fierce,&#8221; as she sang in her 2010 hit. I&#8217;ve spoken with many Californians before and after that song&#8217;s release, and none have ever argued against its claim about women in our state: \u201cOh, don\u2019t tell me there are any females here; it\u2019s totally deniable!\u201d This didn\u2019t seem like an issue worth addressing. However, that mental space has been occupied again now that we must acknowledge Perry, 40, is back in the news for becoming an \u201castronaut\u201d \u2014 thanks to her friend\u2019s boyfriend having access to a cool rocket. She was one of six women on a Blue Origin space tourist flight lasting 11 minutes and celebrated as the first all-female crew to venture into space.<\/p>\n<p>While Perry was undoubtedly the most well-known (and somewhat ridiculous) member of this \u201castronaut\u201d group aboard New Shepard spacecraft, others included Gayle King (CBS anchor), Lauren S\u00e1nchez (Jeff Bezos\u2019 partner), Kerianne Flynn (who I don&#8217;t care about), Aisha Bowe (also not interested), and Amanda Nguy\u1ec5n (similarly unremarkable). Blue Origin\u2014Bezos&#8217; second-rate competitor to SpaceX\u2014billed this event as a significant achievement and promoted it heavily in media outlets. Unfortunately for them\u2014and amusingly for us\u2014the Trump administration made it clear that while Blue Origin referred to these individuals as \u201castronauts,\u201d they had serious reservations about using that term: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We just completed our 11th human spaceflight&#8230; The astronaut crew included Aisha Bowe&#8230; Katy Perry&#8230;&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>But first, let me clarify why this seemed so absurd by sharing what Perry said herself:<\/p>\n<p>Katy Perry expressed feeling connected to her &#8220;strong divine feminine&#8221; after her Blue Origin flight.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, she felt linked to some mystical concept during an experience where meditation or other therapies could have sufficed\u2014all at a cost of hundreds of thousands per ride plus significant CO2 emissions even before takeoff.<\/p>\n<p>Couldn\u2019t she have just tried ayahuasca instead? Unsurprisingly, criticism came swiftly\u2014Gayle King voiced frustration over downplaying their experience by calling it merely \u201ca ride.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>However, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pointed out that yes\u2014it essentially was just a ride\u2014which is why they couldn\u2019t truly be considered astronauts:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The U.S. commercial space industry showcases American ingenuity&#8230; But FAA guidelines clearly state: Crewmembers must demonstrate activities essential for public safety during flight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In essence, being an astronaut requires involvement in piloting or conducting research during missions along with extensive training\u2014not merely visiting space like walking through a hospital doesn\u2019t make you a doctor. Feeling connected to your inner self doesn\u2019t count either! It\u2019s quite an interesting tale nonetheless\u2014even if I&#8217;m still puzzled over why anyone would deny California&#8217;s female presence based on one pop song&#8217;s lyrics! 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