Billionaires Choose To Fly Into Space Instead Of Save The Earth, This Is Prince William's Criticism

Prince William quips at billionaires who choose space travel over repairing the Earth (Antara News)

JAKARTA – Recently, Prince William criticized the billionaires who are busy going into space. The Duke of Cambridge considered that their money and time should be used to improve the condition of the planet Earth inhabited by humans.

Based on a CNN report, Prince William highlighted the behavior of the world's billionaires who are competing to travel to space. The criticism was conveyed in a podcast with the BBC.

"We need the brightest brains and minds to improve the planet, not find new places to go and live," he said.

Previously, Prince William had stated that he had absolutely no interest in traveling to space. The heir to the second throne of the British Empire is indeed known as an environmentalist. He also questioned the carbon footprint of rockets being flown into space.

William just wants to make sure that future generations are no longer worried about the condition of the Earth. He also thought it would be a big problem if his son, Prince George, had to discuss how to save the Earth in the next 30 years.

For information, billionaires such as Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson have previously traveled to space with rocket companies Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic. It doesn't stop there, Blue Origin is also reportedly bringing Star Trek actor William Shatner (90) on a space tour. Shatner became the oldest person and the first Star Trek film player to go into space.

In addition to Bezos and Branson, the world's number 1 billionaire Elon Musk, owner of the SpaceX rocket company, has also successfully flown 4 astronauts on the Inspiration4 mission with his rocket some time ago.

Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, and SpaceX are private rocket companies that are predicted to dominate space travel in the near future. Previously, the United States Space Agency (NASA) had collaborated with SpaceX for the plan for the Moon landing mission.