Quote:Emily Calandrelli posted video sharing awe of seeing Earth, that was soon flooded with hateful, objectifying comments

Quote:Emily Calandrelli became the 100th woman to go to space when she joined a group of six space tourists in a launch led by Blue Origin, the aerospace company owned by the billionaire Jeff Bezos.

Quote:She added: “I didn’t expect to see so much space, and I kept saying that’s our planet! That’s our planet! It was the same feeling I got when my kids were born, and I was like, ‘That’s my baby!’”

But it was not long before the comments beneath the video were flooded with hateful, objectifying remarks.

The astronaut and MIT engineer said some sexualized her reaction to viewing the planet from space. The incident led to Blue Origin taking down the original video from its social media accounts.