Yesterday Jezz Bezos’ spacecraft Blue Origin rocket and capsule returned to earth safely after a  short journey into space, a trip that has been billed as a milestone for gender equality because of the spacecraft’s all-women crew. And a celebrity crew no less, consisting of pop-singer Katy Perry, American TV anchor Gayle King; Lauren Sánchez, a former journalist and Jeff Bezos’ fiancée; Aisha Bowe, a former NASA rocket scientist; Amanda Nguyen, a bioastronautics research scientist; and Kerianne Flynn, a movie producer.

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