Olivia Munn desires celebrities to remain right down to Earth — actually.
The actress co-hosted At the moment With Jenna & Mates this week, the place she known as out the upcoming all-female area flight headed by Jeff Bezos’ area tech firm, Blue Origin. “What are they doing?” she mentioned. “I do know this in all probability isn’t the cool factor to say, however there are such a lot of different issues which might be so vital on the earth proper now.”
She continued, “I do know that is in all probability obnoxious, however like, it’s a lot cash to go to area, and there’s lots of people who can’t even afford eggs.”
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Katy Perry will likely be on the journey, as will CBS Mornings‘ Gayle King, NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics analysis scientist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Amanda Nguyen and entrepreneur/movie producer Kerianne Flynn on the NS-31 expedition. The journey will likely be led by Lauren Sánchez — who’s engaged to Bezos and is vice chair of the billionaire’s Earth Fund — and marks Blue Origin’s eleventh human area flight.
Munn mentioned she felt the journey was pointless. “What’s the purpose? Is it historic that you simply guys are happening a experience? I believe it’s a bit gluttonous,” she mentioned. “House exploration was to additional our information and to assist mankind. What are they gonna do up there that has made it higher for us down right here?”
In keeping with Blue Origin’s Instagram submit, the spacecraft’s launch window begins at 8:30 a.m. CT on April 14 within the West Texas excessive desert.
