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Prince William is coming for the likes of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Sir Richard Branson and their multi-billion, ridiculous space race. They should focus instead of saving the planet we’ve got, instead of making plans of moving to another one, William says.
Of course, being part of the Royal Family (and the second in line to the throne), HRH the Duke of Cambridge does not name any names. He does, however, talk about the so-called “space race,” and that’s hint enough that he’s referring to the three billionaire and their efforts of launching private rockets into space with paying customers, in a bid to kick off the new age of space tourism.
Prince William sat down for a one-on-one interview with the BBC ahead of the launch of The Earthshot Prize. The organization will pick five winners each year whose projects mark big steps toward a more sustainable future, and award an estimated $70 million to such projects over the next decade.
As Prince William puts it, if concrete action isn’t taken today to reduce the effects of climate change, our planet will be past the point of saving within three decades. All this time, instead of focusing on measures that must be taken here on Earth, billionaires like Bezos, Branson, and Musk are blasting themselves off into space. Musk is the only exception to that since he’s yet to fly himself, but he does plan a colony on Mars, with the end goal of having a plan B when Earth goes kaput.
“We need some of the world’s greatest brains and minds fixed on trying to repair this planet, not trying to find the next place to go and live,” Prince William says. Understandably, because of this, he has no interest in becoming a space tourist himself. The second reason he won’t even consider it is that he’s not much of a fan of big heights, even though he’s a trained pilot.
Prince William and, before him, his father Prince Charles, as well as brother Prince Harry, are all deeply involved in a variety of charities and non-profits for a more sustainable future. The billionaires he elegantly calls out are doing their own charitable work but, at the same time, they’ve also cited as motivation for space tourism the need to find solutions for our problems here on Earth. They never mentioned how commercial travel to space would lead to these solutions.
Prince William sat down for a one-on-one interview with the BBC ahead of the launch of The Earthshot Prize. The organization will pick five winners each year whose projects mark big steps toward a more sustainable future, and award an estimated $70 million to such projects over the next decade.
As Prince William puts it, if concrete action isn’t taken today to reduce the effects of climate change, our planet will be past the point of saving within three decades. All this time, instead of focusing on measures that must be taken here on Earth, billionaires like Bezos, Branson, and Musk are blasting themselves off into space. Musk is the only exception to that since he’s yet to fly himself, but he does plan a colony on Mars, with the end goal of having a plan B when Earth goes kaput.
“We need some of the world’s greatest brains and minds fixed on trying to repair this planet, not trying to find the next place to go and live,” Prince William says. Understandably, because of this, he has no interest in becoming a space tourist himself. The second reason he won’t even consider it is that he’s not much of a fan of big heights, even though he’s a trained pilot.
Prince William and, before him, his father Prince Charles, as well as brother Prince Harry, are all deeply involved in a variety of charities and non-profits for a more sustainable future. The billionaires he elegantly calls out are doing their own charitable work but, at the same time, they’ve also cited as motivation for space tourism the need to find solutions for our problems here on Earth. They never mentioned how commercial travel to space would lead to these solutions.
“We need some of the world’s greatest brains and minds fixed on trying to repair this planet”
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) October 14, 2021
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The Duke of Cambridge has warned that people could be "robbing from our children's future" if the climate crisis is not tackled in time.
— The Royal Family Channel (@RoyalFamilyITNP) October 14, 2021
In an interview with the BBC, Prince William said it would be a 'disaster' if his children were still calling for change in 30 years time. pic.twitter.com/vMwdwntBai
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