When Katy Perry dropped the single “Woman’s World” last summer, critics and fans alike slammed the pop star for being out of touch. The song and its accompanying video felt very early 2000s with its phony message of female empowerment. While stomping around in kitschy costumes, Perry tells her audience that women can be both soft and strong (I’m imagining toilet paper), and sexy and confident, too. What a revelation! If watching “Women’s World” made you feel like a time traveler to a low-rise jeans, Von Dutch trucker hat past, you weren’t alone.

Unless something goes wrong, most spaceflights are little reported in the news. Monday’s launch of a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket, though, was an exception. Its all-female crew attracted a huge amount of attention, thanks in part to the inclusion of the pop star Katy Perry. The six women comprised the eleventh crew to fly on this vehicle, with previous passengers including company founder Jeff Bezos and Star Trek actor William Shatner.

Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez were among a group of women who embarked Monday on a shockingly underwhelming trip to space.

The high-profile launch saw the celebrity crew don glitzy, ultra-feminine outfits and quite literally leave Earth. Despite the hype, however, the mission fell short of expectations. For one, the entire trip lasted just 11 minutes. And for fans hoping to catch a glimpse of the adventure, the experience inside the rocket wasn’t even broadcast, leaving many wondering what the point of this much-anticipated event really was.