Hear what Katy Perry said after flying into space
In a field 5G. So five times the parachute will come out. You'll land safely, but the air goes. This is clearly the beginning of it.
Let's walk through this together. It goes. The shepherd has cleared the tower. For life. Again.
Throttle down for two. Limiting. What looks good. Now for maximum dynamic pressure. Mach one vehicle is supersonic.
Engine supersonic. We have pass through. Max Q Max air pressure. That's when the vehicle. The stresses between the atmosphere and maximum sort of punch through.
That is so important. You see, the beings we are heading so far back when her hand on her heart terrified, watching it all happen, but also excited. wow, those ladies right now, I think they're in 3G. I think they just said they're at maximum wait to space 11, dear. If you're still with us and you can hear us under the roar of that, how much preparation did they have for this flight? Hundred miles an hour over Mach three. Not much. Yeah.
The the, crew, showed up here in West Texas about three days ago, and they began the process of just kind of going through the safety briefing and, understanding exactly what would happen inside the capsule and that sort of thing. So, this is, kind of adds to the, what you when you hear Gayle King talk about how nervous she is, I think all that kind of lends itself to, that, that feeling, because it doesn't make you think that you go up into outer space. You need a little bit more training than that.
But that's the way it is. it's been rather fascinating to watch this rocket launch here, John, as we were watching it go straight up into the sky as it got farther and farther away, you could still see, like the glow from the rocket. and then instantly it just kind of disappeared into the blue sky. So it almost gave me that sensation that it was passing into space there. So that was, kind of a surreal scene. And it is feels like it's directly overhead from us, and we're trying to figure out.
Looking to see if I can figure out where it might be. Now, it's almost impossible to see with our eyes on the ground at this, at this moment. And, Leland, one of the things that that's discussed here is it was a debate at the beginning when they just started launching, this kind of space tourism is, you know, how far into space do they actually go? This just passes that Karman line, which I don't pretend to really know much about.
And that's why I lean to you and explaining what that what that indicates 328,000ft, 100. So 62 miles or 100km is where the Air Force designates, space is where we're out of our atmosphere. And so that if you get to that point, that's when you're considered an astronaut.
Oh, my. My daughter's. Well, you can hear the oh my God. And you saw Oprah there look like she was crying or pretty emotional watching this.
And you saw the Kardashians. I mean, it is it is a big promotional party, but this is a moment where you're having an all female crew going up into space. They will be there for, say, 12 minutes or so.
And, you know, weightlessness is no joke. I'd like to experience that a little bit, but not the crushing three G. No thank you. I don't want to fail three times my weight. No thanks. I'm not good with that.
But look at that. There. Almost there. We saw a video of Katy Perry touring the capsule. We have been told the capsule has separated from the rest of the aircraft. Obviously about halfway through. I mean, they're now up there. I imagine now is the period where they will be weightless.
Katy Perry said she intended to sing in space beforehand. One wonders what song she might say. Firework going to go with the.
It's just another first, because there actually have been a lot of firsts that Blue Origin I Leland, you were even kind of noting this is that Blue Origin has. Well, people can say what they will and me should about the whole what everyone watches happening. you. Blue origin is offered a lot of firsts for people who, maybe had gotten passed over in previous attempts to make it to space. Yeah, I mean, Wally Funk, I think Katy Perry singing just to interrupt you. Katy Perry singing Hold On.
Is that. Even. I have to say I hope the other side passengers like Katy Perry.
All right. You can go ahead. That, was interrupted by whatever that beeping. Do you know what that noise is? Might be an original, a lullaby. I don't recognize that song. Oh, maybe it's maybe it's a beatbox there or something.
but, you know, Blue Origin has done a really good job of giving justice to people like Wally Funk, who would have been an Apollo astronaut. She did the training and she just as talented as the other astronauts, male astronauts, and then also Ed Dwight and who got justice. They're all astronauts are back in their seats.
You see that? Okay, so they're coming back down. That was fast. That is exactly by design back then.
That's too fast to say outside. They're trying to stay up there for a little bit. It's landing. You coming down? What do you think out there. It's it's pretty cool to watch though.
Pretty cool. And it must be amazing being in comes in to land. Here it goes. After you will see the drag break to the rocket coming back for Captain Ian. Harsh. And this is a rocket and we can see it from the stage. Here comes the rocket down.
It's going to relight its engine. We also see a sonic boom. We're going to hear that shortly. Here to get back. And remember, this is something that had never been done before until just a few years ago.
Truly the stuff of science fiction that you've got to watch in just. There is that sonic boom boom is something everyone loves. Where we go, the higher it's not going away.
I think that's what it is, because I am right back down on the floors here on Earth. That's the coolest part. Yeah. And that's the rocket. Correct. We're going to see the capsule in a second. They come down with a parachute and, let's hope and, so they. Touchdown.
Welcome to my New Shepard. Yeah. It's the perfect landing.
Right. All right, so the cheers you're hearing there. Perfect landing. They get to reuse that.
I'm assuming that's one of the big things here is that you have you're able to to do this over and over and over again. And they have several times this being one of those times, this time you've got Gayle King, you've got Katy Perry, you've got, several very well known folks, celebrities, etc. on this flight, as well as a really important astronaut, Leland, when you are coming down in a capsule and I know various types of landing over the last several decades for NASA astronauts, but what's it like? What does it feel like, that slow or descent capsule? Those are like guide to ships.
Well, John, just coming back from space. It's getting like five GS on your body. So they're feeling five G's now before these parachutes come out. And, it's, you know, you're you've been in space for a while and you're taught to lift your arms and things under that new G's. But I see all the parachutes are starting to come out now, and they're going to be landing safely very soon. Ed, you're there in West Texas.
What's it like from there? Yeah, it's, the the parachute. We saw the parachutes deploy here just a few seconds ago. Clearly, that's a huge, sign of and relief for, all the family and friends watching all of this closely, but that, that rocket booster returning to the launch site, was quite something, I think was, like, just it almost looked like from our vantage point, it looked like it was in freefall. Coming back for a moment and all of a sudden, those, reverse thrusters turned on and it slowed it down, and it just released a large boom that we could feel from the several miles away that we are.
But we're continuing to watch the capsule, and it is far, more eastern from the rocket. the launch pad. And from our vantage point, it is just now looking like it's touching the ground and the parachute starting to descend to the desert floor. Here. So, by all accounts, it looks like this has gone off safely. And assuming that everyone on board is doing well.
But that capsule appears to be on the ground, safe and sound with this star studded crew on board. You know, we are watching it just slowly descending now, comfortably descending a bit of a delay from and a little bit of a delay. but we just to mention the journalist Gayle King's there, singer Katy Perry is there, Amanda Nguyen, who's a research scientist, and Carrie-Anne Flynn, NASA rocket scientists on that flight.
and this is, I mean, it's cool. There it is. It is something I have to say.
It's an amazing picture, particularly when those parachutes go out. And I think everyone has that moment when they're happy to see them, after all. And now even happier to see a touchdown safely in sight with safe and sound.
They studied audience for the star studded crew in West Texas today, so we're going to keep, we're going to keep an eye on this. There will be video, that Blue Origin, of course. You know, we'll be putting out from inside the capsule when during their moments of weightlessness. And maybe then we can learn what Katy Perry was actually singing. Okay, let's listen in. Now.
There's Jeff Bezos opening the capsule. Yeah, this. Whoa whoa whoa whoa. You see your baby? Where are my babies? Over here.
It goes here where I want to go there. Okay. Katy, who? Thank you. Who? Thank you. Oh my gosh.
What? A over here. Okay. Oh, yeah. Oh. oh.
I just have to have a moment at the ground. Let me just get let me just appreciate the ground for just a. Thank you. Jesus. Oh, my gosh, that was amazing. Oh, I'm so, so, so.
I know you're not the crier of the ruler of the group. No, you are not. I'm crying. I'm going to tell you something right now.
You are officially an astronaut. Thank you so much. How do you feel? I feel super connected to love.
So connected to love. I think this experience has shown me you never know how much love is inside of you. Like how much love you have to give and how loved you are until the day you launch. We had these incredible shots of Daisy watching you as the rocket that will make me cry. There's the rockets going up and she was so proud. Just kept saying, mommy, mommy and I know you'll feel the same way when you watch it.
and you brought a real life Daisy. that was important for you. Not only because it's your daughter's name, but why else was that important to bring out? The daisies are common flowers, but they grow through any condition. They grow through cement.
They go through cracks. They grow through walls. They are resilient. They are powerful.
They are strong. They are everywhere. Flowers are, to me, God's smile.
But it's also a remain, a reminder of our beautiful earth and the flowers here, and God's smile and the beautiful magic that is everywhere, all around us. And even in a simple daisy. So to really appreciate it and remember it and take care of it and protect it.
Gail shared with us the song that you sang when you got up there, what a wonderful world. Why was that important to sing that particular song? I've covered that song in the past and, obviously, like, my higher self is always steering the ship because I had no clue that one day I would decide to sing a little bit of that in space. But I think that is not about me.
It's not about singing my songs. It's about a collective energy in there. It's about us. It's about making space for future women and taking up space and belonging.
And it's about this wonderful world that we see right out there and appreciating it. Before I let you get back to your family, I just have to ask you describe for us, because you're so brilliant at putting words together and describing moments that we can all appreciate later. How would you describe the moment when you took off and then the moment you landed? The moment, I mean, it is the highest high and it is surrender to the unknown.
Trust. and this whole journey is not just about going to space. It's the training. It's the the team. It's the whole thing. I couldn't recommend this experience more.
This is like up there with all the, you know, different, tools that I've learned in my life, from meditation to the hustle and process. This is up there because what you're doing is you're fine. You're like, really finding the love for yourself because you got to trust in yourself on this journey. And then you're feeling the love when you come down for sure and you're feeling that strength. So I feel really connected to that strong divine feminine right now.
By the way, you're such a badass. I love that the month of April, you're like, I'm going to space and I'm launching my tour and it's really incredible. Now, I know I'm asking this question for your fans. Will you write a song about this experience? Oh for sure, 100%.
And not only that, I, got to reveal my setlist for the tour on a butterfly. How apropos. Just flying in space. I don't know if anyone's ever faced. No. Anyone's ever done that before.
So just know there's a lot of things that you have done. First, you are now officially an astronaut. And let me just tell you, on behalf of everyone here at Blue Origin, our webcast, and everyone, all of these individuals that put this incredible thing on, congratulations.
Thank you for sharing. Your, is a, ten out of ten. That's my review. Ten out of definitely go for it. Time ten. I am so floating.
I can't believe it. I cannot believe it. I'm so proud of you. And I know that we speak. I speak for the collective because you have been so honest.
You've been so. Yeah, so vulnerable. And I spoke to your best friend prior to you taking off. And I asked her why she was so important for you to do this, and she said, so she she said so she didn't have to hear you say, I wish I would have done that. So true. But now, Gayle King, you are officially an astronaut. How do you feel? I still can't accept that word.
But I will say it's I. I can't even believe what I saw when somebody calls this a ride. This was not a ride. This is what happened to us, was not a ride.
This was a bonafide freaking flight. And our instructor, we were so well prepared. So every noise we heard, we knew. But the flight instructor said that I am her best success story. Why? Because she's never had somebody go through the course who's terrified of flying.
Everybody who's gone through the course is somebody that it's been a lifelong dream. They wanted to do it. So she said, I'm her best successor. I'm so proud of me right now. I just can't believe it.
I still can't believe it. Prior to to to the launch, you said that you would be so proud of yourself if you went through with this and you did. What was the best part? Gayle? It's it's oddly quiet when you get up there. It's really quiet and peaceful. And you look down at the planet, you think that's where we came from. And to me, it's such a reminder about how we need to do better, be better, do better, be better human beings.
It's. And what do you mean by that? I think, well, it's so nasty and so vitriolic nowadays. And I mean, if everybody could experience that peace that we had up there and the kindness and what it takes to do what we did, all the people that it took to get us up there and get us back safely, I'll never, ever, ever forget this morning an all female flight crew is back on Earth after traveling to the edge of space and Blue Origin's latest tourism mission. Six passengers, including Gayle King and Katy Perry, were launched 62 miles into the sky on a voyage that lasted just about ten minutes.
It's only ten minutes, but look at the reaction. So emotional. They're, for good reasons. We're joined now by former NASA astronaut Michael Massimino. He is also the author of moonshot, a NASA Astronauts Guide to Achieving the Impossible. Thanks for being here.
look, this flight, it went just over 60 miles into the sky. And as I said, it was just about ten minutes. You've been to space. What is the view like from that height? it's pretty amazing. Pamela, even if, my missions were a few weeks long with NASA, this is a little bit different.
Of course, just about four minutes of, of weightlessness in space. But this the spacecraft they were on was designed, for a tourist experience. So the windows are huge, and everyone gets one.
So you don't have to fight over the view. So they each have a chance to take a great look at the, at the planet and, and see the thinness of the atmosphere. So it's a it's a beautiful experience. I'm glad it all went well for them and interested to see what they have to say now after they've been there. And even just getting that view and having that experience, it can really be life altering, right? It was for me, you know, you hear a lot about it.
You know, people describe it. We can see Imax movies now, which give us a really cool experience of, of what it's like up there. But, when you actually see it, it's it's it really can be life changing for me. What what went through my mind. There's no words to describe the beauty of the planet. But for me, what went through my mind was this.
This is what heaven must look like. It was an absolute Paradise I felt like I was looking into. You also see the thickness of the atmosphere and see how fragile it is, and also with with my experience was, I think sometime around in my second space flight, maybe about halfway through looking at the planet, I got this sense of that is home. And when I think of home now, panel, I think of Earth. I don't think of where I grew up on Long Island or being in New York, or I think I think of I think home is is planet Earth, and it's a place we all share.
I love that. So tell us about I just love this video and the emotion. And you know, they're just trying to process oh my gosh I was just in space and now I'm back on Earth. I mean it was just yeah a short time. Right.
But what kind of training and preparation goes into a mission like this? Oh gosh. Well, for this, it's a little bit different than you, my my colleagues, what I went through and my colleagues are going through at NASA and other, other places, where they're professional astronauts, you know, they're you talking years of training. So it's six years of training before I got to go into space. In this case, it's more like a couple days, for them, but, but it's really, to make sure that they're going to be safe and that they can enjoy the experience.
So it's, it's mainly how do you get into your seat, how do you get out of your seat, and how do you get back into it in time for the landing? So you're in the right position when you're coming down. And so there's lots of scenarios of that could take place and different, different attitudes, different positions, different conditions. So I think that was primarily what they went over in the workings of the rockets and how to launch and what's going to happen when the parachutes come out, what it's going to feel like trying to get them prepared so they're not surprised by the physical parts of the of the mission and what they need to do in case of an emergency.
And they can concentrate on enjoying the experience. You know, this is just another example of space tourism no longer just in science fiction, right? What do you think of celebrities being launched into space like this? Well, I think it's all good. you know, I, I think it's a good thing we're having this conversation, Pamela, because there was a couple of celebrities on board. Right? It was the first all female space crew. So, you know, these are things that get people's attention.
And then they hear they see that they hear it. They're going to hear about, you know, Katy Perry or Gayle King talking about their experiences. And maybe they'll get to learn a little bit more about the space program and about achieving goals.
And and I think that that is that is really what the value is here. I think it's great that they got a chance to experience this personally, each one of those individuals. But I think it also gives us some, something to talk about and learn a little bit more about the space program. And the future is, is, I think is really unlimited now that it's not just governments going to space, but also it's commercial companies. I think the possibilities are really exciting. Yeah.
I mean, hopefully one day space tourism will be accessible to everyone, right? That is the hope. Michael Massimino, thank you so much.
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