Guy Kelly: Seeing Katy Perry and Lauren Sanchez return to Earth makes me want to leave it
Blue Origin astronauts celebrate after the flight. From left, Kerianne Flynn, Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez, Aisha Bowe, Gayle King and Amanda Nguyen. Photo: Blue Origin
The latest series of Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker’s dystopian anthology series about the horrors technology could wreak on the human race, landed on Netflix to strong reviews last week.
On Monday, I watched as the second wealthiest man in the world, cosplaying as an astronaut, gleefully locked his rocket’s door behind him, then sent a pop star, a TV news anchor, a civil rights activist, a film producer and his own fiancee into space live on television, while two members of the Kardashian family provided studio commentary.
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