The Blue Origin NS-31 mission, featuring an all-female celebrity crew on a 10-minute suborbital flight, is celebrated as a symbol of progress. But from the lens of Eidoism, it reveals the hollow form of modern recognition culture — prioritizing symbolic ascent over structural need. This essay critiques the ethical, ecological, and philosophical implications of privatized space tourism, questioning the legitimacy of pleasure and spectacle when divorced from responsibility, justice, and planetary limits.
