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- Prince William suggested that entrepreneurs focus on saving the Earth rather than engaging in space tourism.
- The Duke of Cambridge said great minds and brains should “try to improve the planet, not try find the next place to live.”
He also warned of increasing “climate fear” among the younger generation. Before the first Earth shot award, William spoke to the news network to honor those trying to save the planet. The award’s name refers to America’s “moon” ambitions of the 1960s, in which President John F. Kennedy promised to take the man to the moon within a decade.
Commenting on the current space race and efforts to promote space tourism, William said. We need some from the best minds in the world to try to improve the planet, not find the next place we should live.
“I think that’s what eventually sold it to me – it’s vital to focus on this [planet] instead of giving up and going into space to try and find a solution for the future.” On Wednesday, Hollywood actor William Shatner became the oldest human to fly into space after exploding aboard a Blue Origin capsule developed by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Sir Richard Branson and Elon Musk also founded aerospace companies.
William told Newscast’s Adam Fleming he was “absolutely not interested” in going into space. Adding that there were “fundamental questions” about the price of carbon for space travel. He warned against “increasing climate concern” among young people, whose “future is fundamentally under constant threat.”
“This is very worrying and very worrying,” he said.
The father of three challenges adults to guide their inner child “to remember what it means to be on the outside and what we are robbing this future generation. William also said his father, Prince Charles, had a “hard road” when he warned about climate change, adding, “It was a hard road for him.”
He said Charles, inspired by his father, the late Duke of Edinburgh, “talked more about climate change early on before others saw it as a problem.” The Duke added that “it would be an absolute disaster if [Prince] George sat here and spoke” to save the planet in 30 years. Five Earth shot winners, each receiving £1 million, will be announced at a ceremony later this month.