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It鈥檚 2025 and Katy Perry has officially gone to space. On Monday 14th April, she strapped herself into the Blue Origin rocket and blasted off like a 鈥淔irework鈥� with five other well-known women. The rocket is owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos and his fianc茅 Lauren Sanchez was also on board. The women claimed this all-female mission was to 鈥渢ake up space鈥� but the reaction to the trip has been 鈥淗ot N Cold鈥�. Some argue this wasn鈥檛 a win for feminism, only for the 鈥淩oar鈥� of capitalism.

But what is space tourism? And are regular people going to start flying to space and become 鈥溾�楨.T.鈥�?

The 蜜芽传媒鈥檚 Science correspondent Victoria Gill explains what the reaction has been and the impact space travel can have on the environment.

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