Gayle King Rejects Criticism Of Her Blue Origin Space Trip: 'There's Nothing Frivolous About What We Did!' - uInterview

Gayle King Rejects Criticism Of Her Blue Origin Space Trip: 'There's Nothing Frivolous About What We Did!' - uInterview

TV anchor Gayle King called out critics who described her Blue Origin rocket trip as a “freebie space ride.” “It’s called a flight or a journey. A ‘ride’ implies something frivolous or lighthearted; there’s nothing frivolous about what we did,” she said. “They call it a ride, which I find very irritating,” King said of the day after the 11-minute all-women trip. Critics claimed that the suborbital flight had no real scientific purpose and was ju…

Gayle King Tells Those Hating On Her Historic Trip To Space, 'Blast Off Or Back Off'

Emma McIntyre While America grapples with actual Earth problems — like democracy hanging by a thread, economic inequality soaring, and our literal planet burning — Gayle King wants to know why we’re not talking about her recent 11-minute jaunt into space.  That’s right. While we’re fighting against illegal deportation, the decline in food safety, economic turmoil, and smog, six women were floating above us on Blue Origin’s latest space tourism f…