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Prince William blasts billionaire space race, urges focus on saving Earth - NBC News

Prince William blasts billionaire space race, urges focus on saving Earth - NBC News

Oct 14, 2021 1 min, 0 secs

LONDON — Prince William delivered an apparent jab at the billionaire space race Thursday, saying the world's greatest minds should be more focused on saving Earth than looking beyond our planet's horizons.

“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," said William, 39.

The royal's comments came just a day after "Star Trek" actor William Shatner became the oldest person to go to space, traveling aboard the Blue Origin rocket and capsule developed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Shatner said Thursday that the trip reinforced his conviction that people need to take better care of the planet.

It is "crucial to be focusing on this [planet] rather than giving up and heading out into space to try and think of solutions for the future,” he told the BBC.

He’s had a really rough ride on that, and I think he’s been proven to being well ahead of the curve,” William told the BBC.

The duke said it would be an “absolute disaster” if his own son, Prince George, is “sat here talking” about saving the planet in 30 years’ time

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