On April 14, 2025, Blue Origin[1] launched six women – Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyễn, Gayle King, Katy Perry, Kerianne Flynn and Lauren Sánchez – on a suborbital journey to the edge of space.
The headlines called it a historic moment[2] for women in space[3]. But as a tourism educator, I paused – not because I questioned their...