Olivia Munn Questions Purpose of Blue Origin Space Flight With Katy Perry and Gayle King, Calls It “Gluttonous”

Olivia Munn is sharing her thoughts on Blue Origin’s all-female space expedition.

The rocket company, owned by Jeff Bezos, has assembled a crew that includes Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez to embark on a space flight on April 14.

Blue Origin says this is the first all-female crew for one of its flights and the 11th manned mission overall. The crew was also featured on Elle magazine’s recent cover story. Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft takes passengers above the Kármán line 62 miles above the earth.

While co-hosting TODAY with Jenna & Friends, Munn was candid about her thoughts on the flight, questioning why it’s even happening in the first place.

“What are they doing? Like, why?” Munn said during the discussion with co-host Jenna Bush Hager. ”You know what I mean? I know this is probably not the cool thing to say, but there are so many other things that are so important in the world right now. What are you guys going to do up in space?”

When Bush Hager noted that the women are expected to be in space for 11 minutes, Munn quipped, “So you’re on, like, Magic Mountain.”

“And by the way, if you want to go to space, why do you need to tell us about it? You know? Just go up there, have a good time, come on down. Also, I just think about — I know this is probably obnoxious but it’s so much money to go to space. There’s a lot of people who can’t even afford eggs. Oh my God, if they bring eggs into space!”

King has admitted that “she hasn’t stopped worrying” about the flight, while Perry said she was “not nervous at all,” according to Bush Hager. Despite having conflicting feelings, Bush Hager noted that the crew is “all going in glam.”

“What?” Munn asked, visibly confused. “They said this out loud?”

”What’s the point? Is it historic that you guys are going on a ride? I think it’s a bit gluttonous. The cover of Elle magazine? I don’t know,” she continued.

“Space exploration was to further our knowledge and to help mankind. What are they gonna do up there that has made it better for us down here?” Munn argued. “I mean, I don’t know if all that rocket fuel is good. This is a lot of resources being spent.”

In addition to Perry, King and Sanchez, the crew will also include former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, research scientist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn.