There’s more to the image than meets the eye
Blue Origin’s all-women flight which saw Katy Perry blasted into space has come under attack from conspiracy theorists, with many commenting on one specific image showing something’s ‘definitely wrong’.
On Monday (April 14), Blue Origin’s rocket ship mission successfully took off from Launch Site One in West Texas at 9.30am ET.
The crew of six women included author and journalist Lauren Sánchez – who’s also engaged to Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos – and singer Katy Perry.
It was the first all-women crew to go to space since 1963’s Soviet Union mission which saw Valentina Tereshkova launched into orbit.
Alas, despite footage from the event being shared online and all the other reports, footage and whatnot – oh and even Bezos face-planting dirt – hasn’t been enough to convince some the mission really happened.
And there’s a new image social media users are claiming proves it was faked.
Conspiracy theorist’s theory about Blue Origin’s all-women space mission surrounding an image of a ‘mannequin’ hand
One Twitter user took to the platform to share an image showing a Blue Origin capsule and what appears to be someone sat inside wearing a blue jumpsuit.
The user claims: “Something is definitely wrong with the Blue Origin ‘Space Flight’… that Katy Perry was on.
“Social media users are asking, where are the re-entry burn marks? And why does that look like a fake hand? lol this world is so crazy.”
This was the image the conspiracy theorist shared (Blue Origin/Twitter)
“That sure looks like a mannequin, shiny hand and if this capsule just came from space, wouldn’t it be burnt coming back into the atmosphere?” another added.
Alas, while the conspiracy theorists are right about the hand in the image being ‘fake,’ not all is quite as it seems.
Why conspiracy theorists are wrong about the ‘mannequin’ hand proving Blue Origin’s all-women mission was ‘fake’
Granted, the hand in the image is indeed from a mannequin, however, the photograph wasn’t taken from Blue Origin’s recent all-women mission, but a 2017 Blue origin flight, as reported by Space.com at the time.
Eight years ago, Bezos’ private spaceflight company launched its first test flight of its New Shepard Crew Capsule from West Texas on December 12.
The capsule contained a dummy called ‘Mannequin Skywalker’ and footage alongside photographs of the mannequin were shared online both from inside and outside the capsule.
Ah well, better luck next time conspiracy theorists, eh?
