Blue Origin is insufferable.
Fans of BO on their sub are claiming they're contributing to a new record of the largest number of people in space simultaneously.
Was previously set by one the Shuttles docking with the ISS back in 1995, at the same time a Mir crew was present on that station and another ISS rotation on the way in another Soyuz. 13 people. Been tied a couple times since then but not eclipsed.
The fans of that expensive pogo stick ride are claiming that the people in it are going to "space" and will contribute to a new record of 7 on the ISS, 3 on the Chinese station, and if at least 4 are in New Shepard, then that will make 14 people. Nevermind the damn thing has no horizontal velocity to speak of, the life support on it is so primitive as to be effectively nonexistent, it has no RCS/OMS control capability, no heat shielding, and it cannot dock with anything.
Honestly I find the notion of calling anyone who rides a spacecraft an "astronaut" to be disingenuous. Passengers on ocean craft are not called sailors. And in particular, the "naut" portion of the word means you're in the act of traversing, traveling, or navigating. A weak-ass ballistic craft that can't go anywhere, is not doing any of those things. Even if you pay for an orbital pleasure cruise, such as the Inspiration 4 mission launching this summer on a SpaceX dragon, or the DearMoon mission supposed to launch around 2024 to send a private crew on a Starship on a slingshot around the Moon, if you're not responsible for and capable of controlling the craft and altering its flight profile or repairing its subsystems... you're not an astronaut. My guess is that all 4 of the Inspiration 4 mission will have different levels of competence in those regards and might actually earn the title.
People on New Shepard though, will have the vast responsibility over their bowels, their cameras, and their seat belts. And that's all.