155: Pete Davidson Is Going To Space
UPDATE! Since this posting, the New York Times has reported that Pete Davidson may NOT be going to space, after all:\xa0
Pete Davidson, the \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d comedian and actor, will no longer travel to the edge of space on the next Blue Origin spaceflight, the company said late Thursday.
The company had announced this week that its New Shepard rocket would launch on Wednesday, March 23,\xa0with Mr. Davidson and five other passengers. But the launch, the company\u2019s fourth with human passengers, has now been rescheduled for March 29, Blue Origin\xa0said on Twitter.
The company, founded by Jeff Bezos, said that Mr. Davidson, 28, was \u201cno longer able to join\u201d the mission and that a replacement sixth crew member would be announced soon. No further details were given.
Pete Davidson is heading to space.\xa0The Saturday Night Live star is among the six passengers on the next launch of Jeff Bezos' space travel venture Blue Origin, the company announced Monday. The launch is scheduled for March 23, and Davidson will be the third celebrity on a Blue Origin flight. Beth didn\u2019t tell her friends Chris and Char about this podcast topic discussion until they (willingly?) sat down with Beth and Chad to chat about Pete, and some other fun questions together, including,\xa0
\u201cWho gets to go to space?\u201d\xa0 \u201cShould the first private space explorers be required to have a charitable component tied to their mission?\u201d \u201cWhat can Pete Davidson bring to a space mission,\u201d and \u201cWhich celebrity would YOU like to see fly in space?\u201d Answers to all of these questions and more casual conversation on episode #155 of the Casual Space Podcast!\xa0
About the mission: From the New York Times reporter, Johnny Diaz: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/14/science/pete-davidson-blue-origin.html
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About Pete Davidson:\xa0
Peter Michael Davidson\xa0(born November 16, 1993) is an American comedian and actor. He has been a cast member on the\xa0NBC\xa0late-night sketch comedy\xa0Saturday Night Live\xa0since 2014. Davidson has also appeared on the\xa0MTV\xa0shows\xa0Guy Code,\xa0Wild 'n Out, and\xa0Failosophy.[1][2]\xa0He has performed stand-up comedy on\xa0Adam DeVine's House Party,\xa0Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and\xa0Comedy Underground with Dave Attell, and guest-starred in\xa0Brooklyn Nine-Nine.[3]\xa0In 2020, he co-wrote and starred in the semi-autobiographical comedy-drama film\xa0The King of Staten Island.
You\u2019re going to want to watch this:
Saturday Night Live Skit featuring \u201cChad\u201d aka Pete Davidson